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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	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	68,093

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.

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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