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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	Puerto Rico	Iceland	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	277	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	281	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	285	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	288	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	289	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	293	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	296	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	304	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	311	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	319	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	319	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	318	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	319	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	321	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	324	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	327	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	331	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	335	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	343	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	353	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	361	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	366	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	372	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	380	1,087

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, Puerto Rico, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.