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	Spain	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	3,696	295

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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