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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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