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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	24,587

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