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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	Morocco	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	277	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	281	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	285	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	288	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	289	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	293	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	296	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	304	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	311	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	319	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	319	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	318	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	319	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	321	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	324	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	327	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	331	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	335	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	343	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	353	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	361	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	366	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	372	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	380	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, Morocco, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.