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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	Central African Republic	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,889	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,980	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,054	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,128	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,215	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,289	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	4,363	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	4,449	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	4,544	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	4,641	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	4,742	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	4,845	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	4,950	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	5,057	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	5,167	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	5,278	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	5,392	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	5,507	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	5,625	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	5,745	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	5,874	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	6,025	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	6,154	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	6,291	2,559

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, Central African Republic, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.