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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	Philippines	Iceland	China
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	277	1,248,899
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	281	1,258,401
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	285	1,267,178
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	288	1,275,379
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	289	1,283,064
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	293	1,290,620
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	296	1,298,245
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	304	1,305,116
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	311	1,311,877
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	319	1,318,559
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	319	1,324,993
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	318	1,331,357
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	319	1,339,549
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	321	1,349,537
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	324	1,357,520
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	327	1,366,654
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	331	1,373,406
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	335	1,382,401
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	343	1,390,136
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	353	1,395,398
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	361	1,400,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	366	1,402,060
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	372	1,402,537
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	380	1,401,693

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

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.

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.

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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