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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	28,237

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.