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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	Saudi Arabia	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	2,048

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project