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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	Latvia	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	29,417

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