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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	Sudan	Poland
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	26,168	38,358
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	26,771	38,344
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	27,387	38,339
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	28,017	38,320
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	28,662	38,283
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	29,321	38,268
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	29,996	38,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	30,686	38,220
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	31,393	38,204
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	32,137	38,204
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	33,078	38,572
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	33,891	38,606
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	34,568	38,615
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	35,293	38,623
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	36,093	38,591
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	37,058	38,573
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	38,165	38,544
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	39,294	38,516
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	40,512	38,511
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	41,764	38,502
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	42,952	38,475
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	44,121	38,443
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	45,290	38,250
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	46,498	37,914

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.

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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