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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	Palestinian Territories	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,996	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,075	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,155	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,235	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,315	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,396	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,478	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,559	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,642	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,727	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,817	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,907	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,997	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,088	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,178	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	4,269	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	4,359	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	4,451	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	4,533	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	4,615	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	4,715	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	4,820	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	4,930	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,042	76

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, Palestinian Territories, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.