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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.