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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	78	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	79	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	80	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	81	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	82	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	83	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	84	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	85	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	86	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	87	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	87	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	88	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	89	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	90	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	91	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	92	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	92	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	93	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	94	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	95	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	96	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	97	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	98	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	98	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.