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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,206	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,461	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,507	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	23,600	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,005	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,698	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,335	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	27,154	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,387	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,706	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	28,484	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	29,121	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	29,758	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	30,420	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	31,108	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	31,823	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	32,564	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	33,332	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	34,125	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	34,941	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	35,972	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	37,034	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,127	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	39,252	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.