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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	Philippines	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	79,346	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	81,131	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	83,023	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	84,876	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	86,697	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	88,568	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	90,418	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	92,253	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	94,098	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	95,923	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	97,627	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	99,317	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	100,999	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	102,618	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	104,299	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	106,076	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	107,868	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	109,493	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	111,094	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	112,843	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	114,636	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	117,026	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	119,473	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	121,234	11,695

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.

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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