Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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