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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	Austria	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	7,432	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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.