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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	Luxembourg	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	433	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	438	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	443	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	448	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	454	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	460	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	467	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	474	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	482	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	491	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	500	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	509	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	521	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	533	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	547	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	560	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	571	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	586	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	599	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	610	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	623	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	633	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	643	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	651	19,512

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