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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,048

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.

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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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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