Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Russia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	147,218	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	146,600	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	145,980	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	145,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	144,652	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	144,071	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	143,522	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	143,053	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	142,809	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	142,746	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	142,789	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	142,853	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	142,964	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	143,205	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	143,510	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	146,094	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	146,410	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	146,678	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	146,846	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	146,834	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	146,768	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	146,463	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	145,849	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	146,693	167

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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