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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	Nepal	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	23,087	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	23,487	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	23,887	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	24,273	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	24,645	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	24,989	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	25,255	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	25,484	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	25,732	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	25,998	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	26,298	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	26,664	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	27,081	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	27,505	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	27,917	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	28,311	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	28,678	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	29,034	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	29,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	29,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	30,057	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	30,595	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	31,311	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	31,845	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, Nepal, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.