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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	Haiti	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	8,121	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	8,279	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	8,430	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	8,580	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	8,739	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	8,900	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	9,061	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	9,216	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	9,364	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	9,508	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	9,652	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	9,553	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	9,670	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	9,793	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	9,922	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	10,047	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	10,254	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	10,486	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	10,647	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	10,788	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	10,933	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	11,077	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	11,215	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	11,349	3,228

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.

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