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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	7,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.