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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.