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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	Albania	Barbados	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	273	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	274	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	275	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	276	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	278	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	279	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	280	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	281	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	282	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	283	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	285	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	286	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	287	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	288	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	289	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	290	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	291	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	291	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	292	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	293	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	294	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	294	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	295	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	295	3,333

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