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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	Denmark	Iceland	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	277	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	281	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	285	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	288	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	289	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	293	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	296	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	304	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	311	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	319	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	319	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	318	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	319	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	321	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	324	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	327	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	331	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	335	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	343	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	353	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	361	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	366	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	372	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	380	31,337

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, Denmark, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.