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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandMaltaSierra Leone
2773873,736
2813903,809
2853934,043
2883964,287
2893984,466
2934014,602
2964044,708
3044054,818
3114064,918
3194095,023
3194125,132
3184145,246
3194165,364
3214205,486
3244265,613
3274355,744
3314455,879
3354556,019
3434686,163
3534856,312
3615046,461
3665166,611
3725186,761
3805306,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.