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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	277	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	281	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	285	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	288	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	289	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	293	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	296	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	304	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	311	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	319	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	319	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	318	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	319	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	321	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	324	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	327	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	331	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	335	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	343	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	353	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	361	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	366	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	372	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	380	590

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.

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