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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	Costa Rica	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,785	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,867	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,951	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,021	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,079	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,145	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,212	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,278	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,338	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,400	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,467	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,544	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,587	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,648	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,707	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,768	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,827	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,885	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,942	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,998	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,052	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,105	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,158	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,185	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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.