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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	St. Lucia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	10,099

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for St. Lucia, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.