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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	Dominica	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	70	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	71	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	71	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	72	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	72	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	72	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	72	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	72	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	72	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	73	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	73	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	73	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	73	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	73	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	73	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	73	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	74	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	74	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	74	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	74	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	75	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	75	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	76	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	76	2,059

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 Barbados, Dominica, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.