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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	Tanzania	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	32,912	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	33,953	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	34,974	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	36,021	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	37,100	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	38,167	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	39,262	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	40,387	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	41,557	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	42,741	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	43,889	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	45,132	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,531	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	47,965	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	49,437	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	50,965	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	52,604	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	54,336	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	56,062	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	57,765	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	59,465	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	61,191	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	62,944	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	64,835	1,330

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, Tanzania, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.