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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	Paraguay	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,366	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,473	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,579	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,683	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,786	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,886	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,984	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,080	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,173	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,264	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,352	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,438	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,522	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,605	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,688	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,769	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,850	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,930	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,012	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,095	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,179	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,263	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,348	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,432	295	530

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 Paraguay, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.