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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	Central African Republic	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	295	530

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 Central African Republic, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.