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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	Chad	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	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, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.