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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	Liberia	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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