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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	627	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	659	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	691	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	724	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	757	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	850	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,001	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,153	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,306	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,460	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,615	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,770	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,904	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,010	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,103	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,187	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,261	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,326	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,384	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,435	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,480	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,519	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,553	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,559	31,337

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