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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	El Salvador
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,767
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,825
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,856
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,869
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,880
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,888
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,899
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,906
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,911
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,954
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,967
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,984
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,033
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,179
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,205
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,248
Dec 31, 2017	343	6,304
Dec 31, 2018	353	6,368
Dec 31, 2019	361	6,372
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,407
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,429

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 El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.