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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	Romania	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,414	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,262	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,106	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,931	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,828	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,704	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	21,571	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	21,443	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,129	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	20,779	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,607	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	20,485	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	20,385	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	20,296	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,224	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	20,151	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	20,055	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	19,938	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,823	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,713	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,622	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,496	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,351	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,266	25,826

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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