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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	Paraguay	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.