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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	51,181	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	52,782	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	54,453	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	56,170	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	57,860	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	59,599	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	61,474	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,479	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	65,590	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	67,800	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	70,114	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	72,550	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	75,138	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	77,792	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,534	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	83,368	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	86,229	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	89,193	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	92,209	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	95,232	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	98,320	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	101,499	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	104,767	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	108,171	5,750

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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