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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	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.

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