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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	Romania	Iceland	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	277	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	281	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	285	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	288	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	289	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	293	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	296	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	304	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	311	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	319	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	319	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	318	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	319	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	321	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	324	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	327	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	331	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	335	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	343	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	353	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	361	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	366	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	372	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	380	18,348

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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