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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	China	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	1,248,899	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	1,258,401	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	1,267,178	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	1,275,379	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	1,283,064	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	1,290,620	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,298,245	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,305,116	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,311,877	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,318,559	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,324,993	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,331,357	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,339,549	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	1,349,537	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	1,357,520	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	1,366,654	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	1,373,406	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	1,382,401	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	1,390,136	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	1,395,398	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	1,400,035	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	1,402,060	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	1,402,537	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	1,401,693	6,291

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.

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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