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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883

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 Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.