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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	Sri Lanka	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	13,087

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 Sri Lanka, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.