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