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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Palestinian Territories	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	10,793

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 Palestinian Territories, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.