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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.