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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	12,268	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	12,446	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	12,629	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,827	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	13,074	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,368	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,661	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,915	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	14,133	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	14,352	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	14,569	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	14,786	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	15,002	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	15,218	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	15,433	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	15,647	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	15,860	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	16,072	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	16,282	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	16,489	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	16,693	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	16,894	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	17,093	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	17,288	2,559

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.

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