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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	Malta	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	387	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	390	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	393	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	396	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	398	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	401	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	404	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	405	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	406	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	409	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	412	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	414	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	416	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	420	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	426	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	435	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	445	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	455	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	468	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	485	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	504	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	516	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	518	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	530	76

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