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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	Sudan	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	117,924

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 Sudan, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.