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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	Zimbabwe
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,985
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,104
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,208
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,281
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,318
Dec 31, 2004	293	12,336
Dec 31, 2005	296	12,329
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,394
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,494
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,568
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,666
Dec 31, 2010	318	12,782
Dec 31, 2011	319	12,907
Dec 31, 2012	321	13,036
Dec 31, 2013	324	13,169
Dec 31, 2014	327	13,314
Dec 31, 2015	331	13,479
Dec 31, 2016	335	13,665
Dec 31, 2017	343	13,870
Dec 31, 2018	353	14,097
Dec 31, 2019	361	14,345
Dec 31, 2020	366	14,615
Dec 31, 2021	372	14,900
Dec 31, 2022	380	15,205

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.

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.