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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	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	4,324	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	4,385	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,444	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,502	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,556	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,608	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	4,664	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	4,719	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	4,773	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	4,828	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	4,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	4,940	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	4,996	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	5,053	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	5,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	5,169	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	5,227	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	5,287	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	5,346	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	5,405	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	5,464	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	5,522	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	5,579	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	5,657	108,171

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, Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.