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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	Ecuador	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,268	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,446	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,629	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,827	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	13,074	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,368	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,661	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,915	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,133	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,352	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	14,569	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,786	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	15,002	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	15,218	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,433	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,647	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,860	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,072	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,282	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,489	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,693	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,894	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,093	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,288	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.

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.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.