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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	Iceland	Barbados	St. Lucia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	152	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	153	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	154	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	155	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	156	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	157	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	157	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	158	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	159	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	160	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	160	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	161	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	162	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	162	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	163	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	163	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	164	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	164	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	165	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	166	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	166	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	167	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	167	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	167	2,787

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, St. Lucia, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.