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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,070	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,305	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,576	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,864	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,172	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,498	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,839	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,204	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,584	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,978	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,382	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,794	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,226	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,668	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	15,121	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	15,589	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	16,066	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	16,549	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	17,044	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	17,535	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	18,021	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	18,518	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,016	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,512	31,058

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, Senegal, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.