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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	Malaysia	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,132	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,695	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,291	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,874	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,437	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,993	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,543	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,086	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,620	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,161	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,715	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	28,268	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,750	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	29,163	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,568	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,977	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,387	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	30,782	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	31,164	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,539	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	31,903	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,257	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	32,603	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	32,956	7,432

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.

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

No separate list is published for Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.