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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	Palestinian Territories	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	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.

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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 Palestinian Territories, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.