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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Africa	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	1,330

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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