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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	Oman	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	2,348	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	2,403	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	2,457	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	2,562	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	2,613	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,663	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,713	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,764	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,816	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,871	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,928	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,986	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	3,047	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	3,110	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	3,174	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	3,240	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	3,307	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	3,375	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	3,444	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	3,512	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	3,582	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	3,651	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	3,696	5,750

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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