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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,085	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,065	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,047	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,038	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,026	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,014	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,998	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,979	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,957	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,934	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,915	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,900	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,892	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,888	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,882	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,876	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,868	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,863	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,861	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,854	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,842	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,825	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,799	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,787	19,512

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