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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	Cambodia	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	12,122	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	12,317	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	12,504	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	12,691	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	12,881	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	13,076	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	13,276	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	13,461	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	13,630	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	13,808	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,990	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	14,162	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,322	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,480	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	14,637	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	14,793	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	14,994	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	15,238	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	15,480	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	15,717	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	15,944	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	16,149	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	16,338	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	16,514	651

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, Cambodia, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.