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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	Romania	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	295	167

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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