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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	Ecuador	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	12,268	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	12,446	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	12,629	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,827	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	13,074	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,368	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,661	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,915	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	14,133	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	14,352	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	14,569	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	14,786	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	15,002	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	15,218	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	15,433	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	15,647	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	15,860	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	16,072	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	16,282	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	16,489	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	16,693	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	16,894	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	17,093	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	17,288	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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.