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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	Philippines	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	79,346	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	81,131	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	83,023	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	84,876	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	86,697	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	88,568	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	90,418	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	92,253	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	94,098	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	95,923	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	97,627	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	99,317	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	100,999	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	102,618	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	104,299	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	106,076	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	107,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	109,493	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	111,094	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	112,843	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	114,636	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	117,026	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	119,473	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	121,234	651

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