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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	Puerto Rico	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	30,279

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 Puerto Rico, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.