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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	Puerto Rico	India
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,800	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,811	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,819	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,824	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,826	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,827	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,822	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,805	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,783	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,761	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,741	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,722	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,679	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	3,636	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	3,589	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	3,534	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	3,473	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	3,411	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	3,352	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	3,295	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	3,268	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	3,247	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	3,232	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	3,228	1,349,060

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.

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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