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	Morocco	Iceland	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	277	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	281	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	285	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	288	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	289	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	293	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	296	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	304	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	311	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	319	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	319	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	318	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	319	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	321	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	324	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	327	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	331	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	335	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	343	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	353	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	361	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	366	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	372	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	380	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.

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