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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	Cambodia	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	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.

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