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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	Syria	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,930	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	16,329	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	16,730	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	17,132	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,534	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	17,942	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,423	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	19,252	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	20,493	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,221	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,542	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	22,050	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	22,458	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,258	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,901	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	19,318	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,272	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	17,669	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,327	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,601	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,440	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,241	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	20,226	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	20,985	3,228

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.