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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	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	83,811	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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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