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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	422	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	430	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	438	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	447	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	455	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	463	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	471	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	478	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	486	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	494	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	501	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	509	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	516	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	524	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	531	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	539	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	546	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	553	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	562	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	568	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	574	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	580	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	585	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	590	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.