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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	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	25,878

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.

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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, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.