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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Luxembourg	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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