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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	Luxembourg	Barbados	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	433	273	277
Dec 31, 2000	438	274	281
Dec 31, 2001	443	275	285
Dec 31, 2002	448	276	288
Dec 31, 2003	454	278	289
Dec 31, 2004	460	279	293
Dec 31, 2005	467	280	296
Dec 31, 2006	474	281	304
Dec 31, 2007	482	282	311
Dec 31, 2008	491	283	319
Dec 31, 2009	500	285	319
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	318
Dec 31, 2011	521	287	319
Dec 31, 2012	533	288	321
Dec 31, 2013	547	289	324
Dec 31, 2014	560	290	327
Dec 31, 2015	571	291	331
Dec 31, 2016	586	291	335
Dec 31, 2017	599	292	343
Dec 31, 2018	610	293	353
Dec 31, 2019	623	294	361
Dec 31, 2020	633	294	366
Dec 31, 2021	643	295	372
Dec 31, 2022	651	295	380

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.

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