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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	Albania	Mauritius
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,085	1,173
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,065	1,186
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,047	1,199
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,038	1,211
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,026	1,222
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,014	1,233
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,998	1,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,979	1,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,957	1,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,934	1,269
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,915	1,276
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,900	1,282
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,892	1,286
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,888	1,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,882	1,291
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,876	1,294
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,868	1,296
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,863	1,298
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,861	1,300
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,854	1,302
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,842	1,304
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,825	1,305
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,799	1,307
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,787	1,307

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, Albania, Mauritius; the database as a whole is cited above.