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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	293	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	296	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	327	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	343	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	353	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	361	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	366	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	380	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 Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.