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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	Central African Republic	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	121,234	295

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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.