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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	Oman	France	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	60,396	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	60,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	61,255	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	61,703	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	62,141	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	62,600	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	63,073	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	63,513	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	63,906	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	64,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	64,594	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	64,913	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	65,231	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	65,552	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	65,891	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	66,212	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	66,480	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	66,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	67,015	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	67,347	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	67,660	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	67,901	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	68,114	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	68,387	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.

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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