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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	44,114

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.

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