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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	Trinidad & Tobago	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,301	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,303	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,308	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,314	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,320	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,326	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,332	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,338	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,344	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,352	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,359	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,365	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,372	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,379	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,386	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,392	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,399	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,405	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,411	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,436	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,452	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,448	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,450	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,456	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 Trinidad & Tobago, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.