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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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	277	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	281	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	285	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	288	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	289	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	293	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	296	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	304	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	311	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	319	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	319	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	318	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	319	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	321	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	324	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	327	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	331	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	335	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	343	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	353	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	361	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	366	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	372	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	380	885

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