Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Morocco	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	28,400	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	28,744	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	29,094	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	29,447	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	29,806	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	30,169	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	30,552	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	30,953	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	31,354	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	31,754	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	32,154	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	32,553	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	32,951	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	33,346	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	33,737	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	34,124	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	34,511	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	34,898	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	35,279	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	35,653	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	36,018	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	36,375	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	36,723	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	37,101	2,559

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, Morocco, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.