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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	Lebanon	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	3,460	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	3,499	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	3,554	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	3,610	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	3,665	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	3,721	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	3,777	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	3,853	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	3,954	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	4,036	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	4,082	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	4,097	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	4,115	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	4,206	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	4,696	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	5,365	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	5,640	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	5,688	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	5,680	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	5,562	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	5,331	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	4,986	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	4,802	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	4,713	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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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