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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Qatar	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	28,418

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.