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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	Congo - Kinshasa	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	51,181	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	52,782	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	54,453	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	56,170	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	57,860	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	59,599	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	61,474	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,479	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	65,590	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	67,800	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	70,114	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	72,550	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	75,138	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	77,792	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,534	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	83,368	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	86,229	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	89,193	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	92,209	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	95,232	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	98,320	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	101,499	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	104,767	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	108,171	25,808

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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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