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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	12,122	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	12,317	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	12,504	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,691	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,881	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,076	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,276	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,461	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	13,630	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	13,808	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,990	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	14,162	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,322	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,480	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,637	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,793	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	14,994	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,238	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	15,480	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	15,717	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	15,944	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	16,149	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	16,338	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	16,514	98

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