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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,736	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,809	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,043	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,287	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,466	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,602	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,708	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,818	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,918	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,023	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,132	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,246	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,364	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,486	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,613	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,744	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,879	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,019	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,163	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,312	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,461	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,611	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,761	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,910	31,845

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