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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Nepal	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,087	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,487	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,887	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,273	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,645	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,989	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,255	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	304	25,484	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	311	25,732	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,998	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,298	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	318	26,664	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,081	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	321	27,505	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,917	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,311	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	331	28,678	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,034	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,384	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	353	29,718	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,057	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,595	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	372	31,311	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,845	5,042

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 Nepal, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.