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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	Denmark	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,322	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,339	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,358	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,377	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,391	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,404	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,420	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,438	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,461	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,494	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,524	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,548	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,571	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,592	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,614	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,644	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,683	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,730	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,766	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,795	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,818	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,831	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,855	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,907	55,924

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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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