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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	Qatar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	627	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	659	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	691	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	724	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	757	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	850	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	1,001	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	1,153	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	1,306	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	1,460	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	1,615	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	1,770	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	1,904	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	2,010	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	2,103	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	2,187	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	2,261	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	2,326	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	2,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	2,435	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	2,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	2,519	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	2,553	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	2,559	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 Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.