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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	4,324	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	4,385	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,444	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,502	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,556	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,608	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,664	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,719	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,773	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,828	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,884	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,940	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,996	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,053	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,110	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,169	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,227	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,287	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,346	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,405	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,464	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,522	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,579	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,657	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.

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