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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	New Zealand	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,890	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,912	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,947	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,018	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,094	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,151	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,198	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,248	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,287	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,323	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,370	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,416	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,446	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,471	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,516	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,597	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,695	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,800	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,897	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,982	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,074	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,159	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,188	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,245	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.

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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