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	Oman	Ghana	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	19,327	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	19,792	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	20,280	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	20,806	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	21,350	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	21,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	22,469	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	23,058	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	23,661	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	24,270	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	24,899	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	25,559	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	26,244	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	26,945	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	27,664	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	28,405	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	29,146	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	29,879	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	30,617	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	31,362	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	32,111	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	32,864	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	33,622	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	34,280	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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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