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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	103,574

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