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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	Barbados	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	273	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	274	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	275	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	276	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	278	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	279	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	280	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	281	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	282	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	283	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	285	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	286	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	287	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	288	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	289	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	290	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	291	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	291	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	292	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	293	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	294	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	294	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	295	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	295	9,188

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.

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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