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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	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 Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.