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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	Sudan	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	295	651

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 Sudan, Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.