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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	Puerto Rico	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,800	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,811	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,819	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,824	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,826	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,827	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,822	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,805	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,783	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,761	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,741	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,722	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,679	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,636	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,589	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,534	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,473	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,411	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,352	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,295	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,268	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,247	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,232	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,228	937

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, Puerto Rico, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.