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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	531
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	545
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	559
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	574
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	590
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	606
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	623
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	640
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	657
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	674
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	690
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	706
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	722
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	737
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	752
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	767
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	781
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	795
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	808
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	821
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	837
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	853
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	869
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	885

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