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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	6,291	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 Malta, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.