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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	Ethiopia	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	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.

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