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	Venezuela	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	23,188	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	23,601	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	24,011	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	24,425	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	24,841	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	25,255	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	25,667	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	26,079	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	26,589	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	27,098	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	27,510	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	27,920	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	28,327	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	28,722	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	29,111	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	29,418	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	29,693	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	29,961	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	29,856	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	28,858	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	27,921	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	27,871	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	28,316	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	28,418	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.

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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