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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	North Macedonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,006	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,017	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,026	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,011	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,018	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,024	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,028	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,031	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,038	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,042	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,046	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,049	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,052	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,055	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,061	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,063	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,065	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,067	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,068	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,065	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,057	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,048	167

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.