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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	Costa Rica	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,785	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,867	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,951	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,021	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,079	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,145	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,212	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,278	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,338	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,400	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,467	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,544	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,587	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,648	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,707	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,768	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,827	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,885	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,942	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,998	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,052	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,105	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,158	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,185	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.

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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 Costa Rica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.