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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	238,413

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.

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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, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.