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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	Senegal	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,070	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,305	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,576	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,864	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,172	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,498	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,839	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,204	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,584	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,978	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,382	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,794	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,226	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,668	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	15,121	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	15,589	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	16,066	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	16,549	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	17,044	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	17,535	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	18,021	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	18,518	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,016	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,512	2,048

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.

North Macedonia

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

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