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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	Palestinian Territories	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	2,996	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,075	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,155	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,235	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,315	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,396	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,478	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,559	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,642	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	3,727	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	3,817	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	3,907	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	3,997	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,088	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,178	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	4,269	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	4,359	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	4,451	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	4,533	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	4,615	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	4,715	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	4,820	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	4,930	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,042	17,288

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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