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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	Paraguay	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	5,366	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	5,473	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	5,579	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	5,683	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	5,786	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	5,886	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	5,984	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	6,080	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	6,173	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	6,264	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	6,352	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	6,438	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	6,522	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	6,605	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	6,688	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	6,769	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	6,850	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	6,930	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	7,012	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	7,095	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	7,179	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	7,263	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	7,348	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	7,432	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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.