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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	Malta	Barbados	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	273	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	274	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	275	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	276	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	278	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	279	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	280	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	281	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	282	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	283	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	285	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	286	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	287	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	288	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	289	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	290	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	291	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	291	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	292	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	293	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	294	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	294	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	295	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	295	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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.