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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	29,417

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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.