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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,386	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,363	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,333	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,306	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,284	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,259	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,235	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,215	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,197	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,174	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,138	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,093	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,055	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,030	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,009	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,991	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,974	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,956	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,938	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,923	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,910	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,897	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,880	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,883	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.