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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	Qatar	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	2,316

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 Qatar, Gambia; the database as a whole is cited above.