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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	Ethiopia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.