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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	Chile	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	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.

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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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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