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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	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

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 Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.