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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	Uzbekistan	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	24,701	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	25,042	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	25,372	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	25,696	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,992	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	26,268	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,540	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	26,812	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,081	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,347	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	27,609	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	27,869	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	28,132	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	28,398	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	28,666	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,934	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,205	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,480	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	29,756	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	30,031	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	30,305	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	30,576	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	30,843	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	31,337	7,432

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, Uzbekistan, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.