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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	Madagascar	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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.

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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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.