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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Palestinian Territories	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	1,126

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