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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	108,171	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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