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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	78
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	79
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	80
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	81
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	82
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	83
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	84
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	85
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	86
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	87
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	87
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	88
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	89
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	90
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	91
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	92
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	92
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	93
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	94
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	95
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	96
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	97
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	98
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	98

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