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

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 Barbados, Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.