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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	Norway	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,463	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,492	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,515	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,539	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,566	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,593	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,624	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,662	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,710	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,769	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,830	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,890	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,954	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,020	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,081	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,138	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,191	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,237	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,278	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,313	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,349	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,380	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,409	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,458	9,590

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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