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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	Dominican Republic	Iceland	Afghanistan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	277	22,206	273
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	281	22,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	285	22,507	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	288	23,600	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	289	25,005	278
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	293	25,698	279
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	296	26,335	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	304	27,154	281
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	311	27,387	282
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	319	27,706	283
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	319	28,484	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	318	29,121	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	319	29,758	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	321	30,420	288
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	324	31,108	289
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	327	31,823	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	331	32,564	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	335	33,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	343	34,125	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	353	34,941	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	361	35,972	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	366	37,034	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	372	38,127	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	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 Dominican Republic, Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.