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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	Mauritius	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,173	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,186	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,199	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,211	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,222	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,233	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,243	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,261	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,269	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,276	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,282	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,286	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,288	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,291	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,294	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,296	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,298	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,300	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,302	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,304	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,305	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,307	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,307	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.

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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 Mauritius, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.