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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosUnited Arab EmiratesIceland
2733,101277
2743,284281
2753,458285
2763,613288
2783,754289
2793,882293
2804,000296
2814,532304
2825,623311
2837,277319
2858,164319
2868,152318
2878,438319
2888,747321
2899,077324
2909,321327
2919,461331
2919,587335
2929,699343
2939,796353
2949,879361
2949,953366
29510,018372
29510,099380

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.

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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.

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