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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,206	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,461	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,507	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	23,600	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,005	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,698	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,335	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	27,154	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,387	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,706	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	28,484	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	29,121	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	29,758	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	30,420	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	31,108	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	31,823	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	32,564	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	33,332	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	34,125	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	34,941	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	35,972	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	37,034	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,127	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	39,252	7,387

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, Afghanistan, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.