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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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