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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	51,181	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	52,782	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	54,453	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	56,170	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,860	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	59,599	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	61,474	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,479	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	65,590	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	67,800	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	70,114	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	72,550	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	75,138	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	77,792	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,534	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	83,368	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	86,229	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	89,193	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	92,209	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	95,232	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	98,320	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	101,499	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	104,767	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	108,171	29,417

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