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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,132	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,695	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,291	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,874	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,437	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,993	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,543	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,086	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,620	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,161	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,715	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	28,268	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,750	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	29,163	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,568	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,977	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,387	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	30,782	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	31,164	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,539	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	31,903	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,257	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	32,603	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	32,956	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.

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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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.