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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Argentina
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	36,924
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	37,336
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	37,714
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	38,079
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	38,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	38,800
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	39,171
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	39,556
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	39,947
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	40,343
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	40,736
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	41,401
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	41,881
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	42,360
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	42,836
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	43,310
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	43,779
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	44,245
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	44,706
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	45,162
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	45,613
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	46,058
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	46,496
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	46,736

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.

All data sources

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.

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.