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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	Belarus	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,064	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,034	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,000	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	9,955	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	9,905	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	9,856	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,807	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,764	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,734	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,713	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,697	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,681	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,662	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,643	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,624	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,605	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,585	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,564	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,542	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,519	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,495	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,469	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,442	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,400	295

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 Belarus, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.