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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	Paraguay	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	5,366	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	5,473	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	5,579	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	5,683	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	5,786	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	5,886	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	5,984	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	6,080	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	6,173	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	6,264	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	6,352	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	6,438	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	6,522	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	6,605	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	6,688	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	6,769	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	6,850	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	6,930	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	7,012	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	7,095	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	7,179	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	7,263	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	7,348	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	7,432	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, Paraguay, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.