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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	Nepal	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,087	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,487	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,887	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,273	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,645	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,989	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,255	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	25,484	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	25,732	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,998	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,298	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	26,664	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,081	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	27,505	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,917	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,311	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	28,678	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,034	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,384	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	29,718	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,057	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,595	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	31,311	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,845	19,266	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.

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.

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