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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	28,400	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	28,744	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	29,094	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	29,447	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	29,806	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	30,169	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	30,552	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,953	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,354	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	31,754	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	32,154	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,553	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	32,951	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	33,346	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	33,737	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	34,124	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	34,511	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	34,898	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	35,279	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	35,653	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	36,018	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	36,375	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	36,723	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,101	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 Morocco, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.