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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	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	295	651

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, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.