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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	Malta	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	295	108,171

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 Malta, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.