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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	South Africa	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	46,257	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	46,958	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	47,820	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	48,480	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	48,951	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	49,478	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	50,054	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	50,667	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	51,339	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	52,077	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	52,862	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	53,682	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	54,518	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	55,356	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	56,215	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	57,075	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	57,947	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	58,830	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	59,715	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	60,595	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	61,469	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	62,355	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	62,900	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	63,382	6,291

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.