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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	Russia	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	147,218	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	146,600	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	145,980	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	145,310	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	144,652	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	144,071	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,522	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	143,053	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	142,809	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	142,746	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	142,789	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	142,853	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	142,964	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	143,205	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	143,510	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	146,094	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	146,410	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	146,678	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	146,846	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	146,834	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	146,768	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	146,463	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	145,849	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	146,693	2,787	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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.