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	Yemen	Iceland	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	277	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	281	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	285	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	288	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	289	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	293	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	296	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	304	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	311	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	319	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	319	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	318	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	319	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	321	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	324	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	327	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	331	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	335	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	343	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	353	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	361	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	366	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	372	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	380	5,185

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, Yemen, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.