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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Palestinian Territories	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	17,307

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