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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	4,259

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