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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	Madagascar	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	10,200

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.

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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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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