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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	Luxembourg	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	10,099

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 Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.