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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	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	51,181	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	52,782	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	54,453	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	56,170	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,860	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	59,599	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	61,474	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	63,479	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	65,590	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	67,800	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	70,114	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	72,550	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	75,138	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	77,792	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	80,534	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	83,368	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	86,229	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	89,193	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	92,209	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	95,232	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	98,320	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	101,499	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	104,767	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	108,171	10,437

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.

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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