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

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