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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	Vietnam	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	78,394	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	79,472	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	80,546	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,637	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	82,720	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	83,821	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	84,942	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	86,036	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	87,136	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	88,253	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	89,373	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	90,481	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	91,591	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	92,720	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	93,883	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,055	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	96,222	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	97,380	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	98,507	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	99,604	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	100,695	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,771	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	102,815	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	103,574	46,498

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 Vietnam, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.