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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	Denmark	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,322	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,339	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,358	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,377	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,391	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,404	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,420	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,438	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,461	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,494	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,524	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,548	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,571	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,592	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,614	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,644	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,683	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,730	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,766	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,795	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,818	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,831	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,855	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,907	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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.