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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	Zambia	Puerto Rico	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,800	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,811	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,819	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,824	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,826	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,827	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,822	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,805	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,783	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,761	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,741	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,722	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,679	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,636	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,589	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,534	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,473	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,411	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,352	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,295	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,268	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,247	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,232	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,228	380

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.