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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	5,657

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, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.