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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	6,587	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	6,646	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	6,695	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	6,725	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	6,712	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	6,765	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	6,794	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	6,838	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,897	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,938	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,953	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,004	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,052	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	7,130	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	7,159	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	7,209	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	7,271	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,316	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,372	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,432	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,487	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,460	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,392	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,387	121,234

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.