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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	Seychelles	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	78	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	79	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	80	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	81	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	82	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	83	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	84	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	85	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	86	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	87	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	87	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	88	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	89	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	90	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	91	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	92	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	92	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	93	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	94	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	95	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	96	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	97	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	98	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	98	167

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 Seychelles, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.