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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	Uganda	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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