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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	Cambodia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	12,122	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	12,317	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	12,504	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,691	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,881	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,076	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,276	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,461	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	13,630	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	13,808	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	13,990	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	14,162	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	14,322	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	14,480	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	14,637	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	14,793	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	14,994	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	15,238	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	15,480	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	15,717	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	15,944	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	16,149	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	16,338	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	16,514	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, Cambodia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.