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

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.