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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	Paraguay	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	5,366	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	5,473	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	5,579	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	5,683	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	5,786	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	5,886	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	5,984	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	6,080	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	6,173	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	6,264	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	6,352	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	6,438	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	6,522	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	6,605	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	6,688	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	6,769	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	6,850	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	6,930	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	7,012	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	7,095	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	7,179	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	7,263	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	7,348	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	7,432	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 Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.