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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	Qatar	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	627	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	659	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	691	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	724	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	757	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	850	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,001	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,153	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,306	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,460	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,615	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,770	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,904	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,010	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,103	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,187	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,261	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,326	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,384	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,435	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,480	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,519	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,553	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,559	1,087

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