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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	Tanzania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	32,912	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	33,953	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	34,974	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	36,021	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	37,100	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,167	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	39,262	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	40,387	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	41,557	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	42,741	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	43,889	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	45,132	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,531	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	47,965	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	49,437	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,965	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,604	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	54,336	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	56,062	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	57,765	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,465	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	61,191	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,944	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	64,835	167

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 Tanzania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.