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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Palestinian Territories	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	531
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	545
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	559
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	574
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	590
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	606
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	623
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	640
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	657
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	674
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	690
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	706
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	722
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	737
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	752
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	767
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	781
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	795
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	808
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	821
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	837
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	853
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	869
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	885

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