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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	Barbados	Iceland	Afghanistan	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,206	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,461	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,507	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	23,600	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,005	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,698	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,335	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	27,154	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,387	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,706	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	28,484	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	29,121	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	29,758	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	30,420	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	31,108	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	31,823	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	32,564	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	33,332	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	34,125	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	34,941	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	35,972	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	37,034	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,127	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	39,252	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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