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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaIcelandUzbekistan
2737027724,701
2747128125,042
2757128525,372
2767228825,696
2787228925,992
2797229326,268
2807229626,540
2817230426,812
2827231127,081
2837331927,347
2857331927,609
2867331827,869
2877331928,132
2887332128,398
2897332428,666
2907332728,934
2917433129,205
2917433529,480
2927434329,756
2937435330,031
2947536130,305
2947536630,576
2957637230,843
2957638031,337

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.

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