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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,414	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,262	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,106	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,931	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,828	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,704	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	21,571	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	21,443	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,129	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	20,779	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,607	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	20,485	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	20,385	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	20,296	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,224	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	20,151	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	20,055	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	19,938	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,823	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,713	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,622	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,496	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,351	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,266	23,796

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.

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