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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,736	78
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,809	79
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,043	80
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,287	81
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,466	82
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,602	83
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,708	84
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,818	85
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,918	86
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,023	87
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,132	87
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,246	88
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,364	89
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,486	90
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,613	91
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,744	92
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,879	92
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,163	94
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,312	95
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,461	96
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,611	97
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,761	98
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,910	98

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