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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,085	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,065	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,047	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,038	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,026	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,014	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,998	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,979	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,957	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,934	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,915	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,900	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,892	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,888	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,882	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,876	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,868	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,863	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,861	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,854	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,842	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,825	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,799	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,787	39,897

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