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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	Greece	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,618	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,662	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,718	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,757	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,783	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,809	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,841	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,874	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,901	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,930	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,959	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,973	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,957	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,898	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,819	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,747	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,677	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,633	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,612	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,590	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,579	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,556	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,499	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,437	108,171	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.

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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