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