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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	Sudan	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	26,168	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	26,771	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	27,387	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	28,017	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	28,662	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	29,321	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	29,996	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	30,686	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	31,393	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	32,137	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	33,078	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	33,891	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	34,568	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	35,293	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	36,093	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	37,058	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	38,165	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	39,294	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	40,512	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	41,764	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	42,952	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	44,121	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	45,290	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	46,498	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.

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