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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,657

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.

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