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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	Romania	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	22,414	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	22,262	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	22,106	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	21,931	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	21,828	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	21,704	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	21,571	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	21,443	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	21,129	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	20,779	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	20,607	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	20,485	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	20,385	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	20,224	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	20,151	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	20,055	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	19,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	19,823	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	19,713	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	19,622	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	19,496	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	19,351	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	19,266	5,216

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.

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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