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