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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	Barbados	Australia	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	18,692	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	18,907	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,151	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	19,371	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	19,595	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,805	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,048	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,320	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,694	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,113	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,553	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,891	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,197	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,588	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,980	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,326	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,664	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,036	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,445	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	24,823	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,204	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,529	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,574	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,826	5,458

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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