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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	Cambodia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	12,122	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	12,317	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	12,504	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,691	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,881	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,076	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,276	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,461	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	13,630	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	13,808	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,990	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	14,162	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,322	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,480	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,637	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,793	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	14,994	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,238	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	15,480	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	15,717	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	15,944	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	16,149	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	16,338	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	16,514	2,787

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