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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sweden	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,858	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,872	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,896	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,925	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,958	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,994	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,030	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,081	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,148	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,220	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,299	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,378	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,449	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,519	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,600	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,696	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,799	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,923	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,058	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,175	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,279	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,354	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,416	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,487	29,417

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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

No separate list is published for Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.