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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	Sudan	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	26,168	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	26,771	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	27,387	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	28,017	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	28,662	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	29,321	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	29,996	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	30,686	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	31,393	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	32,137	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	33,078	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	33,891	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	34,568	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	35,293	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	36,093	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	37,058	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	38,165	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	39,294	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	40,512	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	41,764	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	42,952	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	44,121	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	45,290	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	46,498	5,185

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, Sudan, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.