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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	Morocco	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	28,400	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	28,744	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	29,094	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	29,447	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	29,806	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	30,169	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	30,552	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,953	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,354	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	31,754	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	32,154	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,553	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	32,951	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	33,346	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	33,737	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	34,124	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	34,511	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	34,898	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	35,279	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	35,653	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	36,018	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	36,375	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	36,723	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,101	31,845

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 Morocco, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.