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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	Sierra Leone	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,736	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,809	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,043	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,287	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,466	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,602	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,708	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,818	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,918	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,023	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,132	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,246	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,364	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,486	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,613	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,744	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,879	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,019	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,163	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,312	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,461	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,611	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,761	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,910	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.

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