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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	103,574

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