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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	Cambodia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	12,122	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	12,317	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	12,504	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	12,691	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	12,881	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	13,076	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	13,276	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	13,461	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	13,630	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	13,808	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	13,990	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	14,162	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	14,322	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	14,480	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	14,637	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	14,793	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	14,994	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	15,238	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	15,480	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	15,717	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	15,944	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	16,149	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	16,338	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	16,514	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, Cambodia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.