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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	19,512

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