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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	Cameroon	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	380

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.

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