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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	Iceland	China	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	1,248,899	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	1,258,401	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	1,267,178	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	1,275,379	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	1,283,064	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	1,290,620	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	1,298,245	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	1,305,116	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	1,311,877	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	1,318,559	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	1,324,993	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	1,331,357	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	1,339,549	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	1,349,537	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	1,357,520	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	1,366,654	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	1,373,406	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	1,382,401	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	1,390,136	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	1,395,398	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	1,400,035	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	1,402,060	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	1,402,537	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	1,401,693	3,696

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.

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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