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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,414	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,262	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,106	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,931	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,828	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,704	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	21,571	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	21,443	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,129	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	20,779	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,607	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	20,485	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	20,385	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	20,296	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,224	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	20,151	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	20,055	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	19,938	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,823	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,713	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,622	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,496	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,351	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,266	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.