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	Paraguay	Iceland	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	277	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	281	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	285	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	288	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	289	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	293	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	296	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	304	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	311	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	319	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	319	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	318	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	319	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	321	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	324	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	327	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	331	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	335	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	343	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	353	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	361	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	366	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	372	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	380	937

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, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.