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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	Malta	Denmark	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	5,322	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	5,339	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	5,358	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	5,377	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	5,391	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	5,404	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	5,420	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	5,438	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	5,461	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	5,494	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	5,524	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	5,548	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	5,571	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	5,592	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	5,614	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	5,644	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	5,683	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	5,730	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	5,766	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	5,795	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	5,818	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	5,831	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	5,855	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	5,907	46,498

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.

All data sources

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 Malta, Denmark, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.