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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	Niger	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.