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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	Venezuela	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,188	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,601	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,011	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,425	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,841	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,255	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,667	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,079	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,589	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,098	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,510	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,920	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,327	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,722	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,111	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,418	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,693	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,961	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,856	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	353	28,858	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	27,921	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,871	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,316	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,418	2,748

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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