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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	Russia	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	277	147,218	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	281	146,600	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	285	145,980	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	288	145,310	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	289	144,652	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	293	144,071	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,522	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	304	143,053	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	311	142,809	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	319	142,746	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	142,789	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	318	142,853	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	319	142,964	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	321	143,205	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	324	143,510	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	327	146,094	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	331	146,410	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	335	146,678	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	343	146,846	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	353	146,834	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	361	146,768	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	366	146,463	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	372	145,849	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	380	146,693	5,216

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.