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	Barbados	Iceland	Spain	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	2,559

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.

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.