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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	Bolivia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	8,007	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	8,177	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	8,351	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	8,529	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	8,711	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	8,895	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	9,081	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	9,268	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	9,457	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	9,647	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	9,836	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	10,024	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	10,211	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	10,397	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	10,581	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	10,763	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	10,942	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	11,118	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	11,289	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	11,456	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	11,621	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,775	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,917	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	12,060	46,498

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.