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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	Congo - Kinshasa	United Arab Emirates	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,101	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,284	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	3,458	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	3,613	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	3,754	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	3,882	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	4,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	4,532	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	5,623	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	7,277	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	8,164	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	8,152	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	8,438	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	8,747	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	9,077	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	9,321	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	9,461	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	9,587	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	9,699	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	9,796	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	9,879	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	9,953	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	10,018	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	10,099	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.

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 Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.