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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	Georgia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	627	4,848
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	659	4,814
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	691	4,789
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	724	4,771
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	757	4,746
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	850	4,739
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,001	4,786
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,153	4,826
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,306	4,820
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,460	4,819
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,615	4,851
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,770	4,898
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,904	4,934
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,010	4,946
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,103	4,938
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,187	4,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,261	4,927
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,326	4,924
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,384	4,922
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,435	4,922
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,480	4,923
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,519	4,926
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,553	4,929
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,559	4,911

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, Georgia; the database as a whole is cited above.