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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	Cameroon	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	15,483	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	15,913	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	16,354	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	16,815	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	17,289	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	17,764	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	18,249	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	18,746	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	19,278	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	19,843	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,419	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	21,002	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	21,586	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	22,181	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	22,800	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	23,513	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	24,273	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	24,995	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	25,680	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	26,373	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	27,114	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	27,878	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	28,663	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	29,417	16,514

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, Cameroon, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.