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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	Liberia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,741	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,847	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,917	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,978	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,983	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,005	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,138	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,311	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,469	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,603	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,708	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,817	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,984	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,141	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,244	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	4,348	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	4,460	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	4,576	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	4,689	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	4,810	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	4,904	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,005	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,109	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,216	10,099

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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