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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Afghanistan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	22,206	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	22,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	22,507	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	23,600	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	25,005	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	25,698	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	26,335	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	27,154	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	27,387	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	27,706	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	28,484	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	29,121	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	29,758	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	30,420	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	31,108	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	31,823	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	32,564	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	33,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	34,125	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	34,941	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	35,972	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	37,034	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	38,127	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	39,252	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.