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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	Singapore	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	3,959	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	4,028	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	4,138	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	4,176	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	4,115	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	4,167	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	4,266	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	4,401	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	4,589	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	4,839	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	4,988	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	5,077	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	5,184	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	5,312	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	5,399	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	5,470	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	5,535	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	5,607	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	5,612	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	5,639	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	5,704	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	5,686	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	5,716	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	5,750	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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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