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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	Portugal	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,144	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,215	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,344	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,383	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,408	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,427	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,446	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,467	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,482	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,492	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,497	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,481	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,439	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,382	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,326	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,283	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,251	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,226	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,209	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,212	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,223	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,214	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,200	2,787	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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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