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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	St. Lucia	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	9,188

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.

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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