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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	277	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	281	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	285	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	288	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	289	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	293	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	296	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	304	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	311	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	319	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	319	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	318	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	319	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	321	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	324	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	327	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	331	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	335	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	343	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	353	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	361	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	366	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	372	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	380	1,521

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, Paraguay, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.