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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,006	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,017	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,026	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,011	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,018	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,024	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,028	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,031	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,035	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,038	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,042	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,046	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,049	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,052	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,055	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,058	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,061	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,063	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,065	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,067	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,068	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,065	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,057	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,048	31,845

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.

North Macedonia

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

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