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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	Mauritania	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,437	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,501	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,566	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,632	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,699	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,768	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,838	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,909	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,981	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,055	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,129	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,205	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,282	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,359	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,438	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,517	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,597	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,677	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,759	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,840	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,942	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,045	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,150	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,259	1,456

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 Mauritania, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.