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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	Djibouti	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	646	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	669	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	693	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	716	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	691	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	657	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	666	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	679	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	694	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	709	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	725	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	741	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	757	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	774	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	792	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	810	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	828	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	847	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	865	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	884	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	898	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	912	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	924	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	937	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 Djibouti, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.