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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	Iceland	Barbados	Central African Republic	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,889	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,980	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	4,054	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	4,128	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	4,215	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	4,289	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	4,363	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	4,449	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	4,544	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	4,641	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	4,742	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	4,845	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	4,950	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	5,057	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	5,167	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	5,278	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	5,392	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	5,507	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	5,625	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	5,745	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	5,874	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	6,025	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	6,154	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	6,291	121,234

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.

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.

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