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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	Nepal	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,087	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,487	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,887	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,273	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,645	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,989	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,255	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	25,484	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	25,732	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,998	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,298	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	26,664	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,081	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	27,505	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,917	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,311	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	28,678	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,034	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,384	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	29,718	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,057	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,595	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	31,311	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,845	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.

No separate list is published for Nepal, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.