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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	Japan	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	126,512	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	126,755	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	127,056	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	127,324	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	127,558	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	127,658	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	127,679	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	127,762	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	127,904	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	127,969	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	127,958	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	127,967	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	127,755	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	127,476	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	127,257	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	127,186	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	127,034	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	126,857	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	126,631	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	126,368	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	126,092	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	125,634	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	125,427	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	124,762	2,787	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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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