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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sierra Leone	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,736	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,809	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,043	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,287	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,466	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,602	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,708	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,818	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,918	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,023	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,132	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,246	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,364	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,486	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,613	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,744	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,879	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,019	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,163	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,312	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,461	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,611	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,761	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,910	37,101

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