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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.