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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	6,291	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, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.