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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	Oman	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,348	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	2,403	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	2,457	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	2,510	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	2,562	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	2,613	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	2,663	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	2,713	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	2,764	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	2,816	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	2,871	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	2,928	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	2,986	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,047	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,110	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,174	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,240	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,307	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,375	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,444	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,512	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,582	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,651	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,696	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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.