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	Iceland	Barbados	Oman	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	2,348	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	2,403	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	2,457	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	2,510	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	2,562	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	2,613	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,663	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,713	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,764	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,816	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,871	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,928	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,986	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	3,047	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	3,110	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	3,174	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	3,240	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	3,307	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	3,375	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	3,444	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	3,512	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	3,582	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	3,651	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	3,696	28,418

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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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