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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	Liberia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	380

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.

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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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.

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