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	Sri Lanka	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	19,354	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	19,610	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	19,838	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	20,060	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	20,297	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	20,529	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	20,703	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	20,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	21,120	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	21,315	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	21,503	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	21,713	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	21,918	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	22,120	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	22,320	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	22,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	22,711	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	22,899	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	23,080	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	23,254	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	23,420	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	23,579	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	23,732	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	23,796	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 Oman, Sri Lanka, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.