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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	Lithuania	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,419	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,395	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,367	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,340	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,313	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,276	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,223	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,172	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,134	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,102	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,068	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,004	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,937	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,898	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,869	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,844	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,818	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,782	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,744	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,718	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,710	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,711	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,724	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,748	19,512

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 Lithuania, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.