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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	Singapore	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,959	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	4,028	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,138	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,176	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,115	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,167	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,266	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,401	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,589	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,839	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,988	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,077	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,184	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,312	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,399	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,470	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,535	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,607	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,612	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,639	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,704	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,686	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,716	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,750	651

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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