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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	Cape Verde	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	422	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	430	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	438	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	447	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	455	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	463	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	471	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	478	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	486	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	494	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	501	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	509	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	516	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	524	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	531	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	539	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	546	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	553	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	562	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	568	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	574	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	580	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	585	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	590	1,330

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, Cape Verde, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.