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

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.

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.

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