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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	Slovenia	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	1,998	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,004	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,006	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,009	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,010	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,011	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,015	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,022	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,033	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,036	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,056	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,063	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,067	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,071	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,074	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,076	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,078	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,079	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,081	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,087	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,104	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,118	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,123	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,124	16,514

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.