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	Senegal	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,070	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,305	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,576	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,864	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,172	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,498	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,839	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,204	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,584	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,978	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,382	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,794	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,226	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,668	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,121	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,589	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,066	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,549	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,044	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,535	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,021	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	18,518	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,016	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,512	3,696	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.

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