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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	Chile	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	15,140	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	15,340	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	15,513	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	15,686	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	15,859	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	16,029	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	16,222	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	16,364	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	16,536	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	16,700	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	16,864	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	16,999	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	17,189	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	17,378	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	17,545	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	17,720	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	17,904	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	18,099	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	18,350	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	18,681	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,035	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,385	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,604	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,715	47,625

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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