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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	Togo
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	4,852
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	4,992
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	5,135
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	5,278
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	5,425
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	5,578
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	5,865
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	6,042
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	6,220
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	6,405
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	6,587
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	6,772
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	6,961
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	7,154
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	7,351
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	7,552
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	7,757
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	7,965
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	8,176
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	8,376
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	8,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	8,784
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	8,991

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