Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	277	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	281	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	285	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	288	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	289	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	293	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	296	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	304	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	311	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	319	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	319	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	318	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	319	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	321	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	324	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	327	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	331	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	335	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	343	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	353	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	361	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	366	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	372	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	380	46,498

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