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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	Oman	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,348	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,403	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,457	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,510	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,562	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,613	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,663	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,713	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,764	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,816	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,871	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,928	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,986	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,047	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,110	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,174	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,240	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,307	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,375	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,444	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,512	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,582	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,651	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,696	11,862

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, Oman, Tunisia; the database as a whole is cited above.