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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	Albania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	7,387

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, Albania, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.