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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	9,400

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.

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