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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	Senegal	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,070	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,305	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,576	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,864	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,172	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,498	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,839	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,204	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,584	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,978	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,382	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,794	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,226	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,668	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,121	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,589	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,066	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,549	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,044	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,535	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,021	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	18,518	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,016	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,512	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 Senegal, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.