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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	Lithuania	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,419	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,395	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,367	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,340	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,313	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,276	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,223	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,172	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,134	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,102	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,068	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,004	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,937	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	2,898	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	2,869	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	2,844	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	2,818	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	2,782	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	2,744	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	2,718	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	2,710	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	2,711	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	2,724	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	2,748	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, Lithuania, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.