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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	Qatar	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	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 Qatar, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.