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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	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	51,181	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	52,782	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	54,453	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	56,170	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	57,860	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	59,599	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	61,474	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	63,479	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	65,590	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	67,800	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	70,114	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	72,550	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	75,138	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	77,792	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	80,534	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	83,368	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	86,229	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	89,193	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	92,209	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	95,232	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	98,320	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	101,499	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	104,767	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	108,171	380

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