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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	Uzbekistan	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.