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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	Moldova	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	4,244	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	4,199	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,154	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,108	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,059	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,013	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	3,966	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	3,919	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	3,873	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	3,829	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	3,788	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	3,748	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	3,709	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	3,671	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	3,633	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	3,595	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	3,558	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	3,522	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	3,485	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	3,448	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	3,412	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	3,376	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	3,339	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	3,570	39,252

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, Moldova, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.