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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	Vietnam	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	78,394	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	79,472	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	80,546	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81,637	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	82,720	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	83,821	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	84,942	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	86,036	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	87,136	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	88,253	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	89,373	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	90,481	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	91,591	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	92,720	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	93,883	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	95,055	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	96,222	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	97,380	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	98,507	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	99,604	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	100,695	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	101,771	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	102,815	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	103,574	108,171

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, Vietnam, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.