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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 BarbadosDominicaSudanIsrael
2737026,1685,927
2747126,7716,088
2757127,3876,236
2767228,0176,366
2787228,6626,484
2797229,3216,603
2807229,9966,723
2817230,6866,846
2827231,3936,972
2837332,1377,100
2857333,0787,226
2867333,8917,360
2877334,5687,498
2887335,2937,637
2897336,0937,781
2907337,0587,931
2917438,1658,091
2917439,2948,251
2927440,5128,412
2937441,7648,576
2947542,9528,742
2947544,1218,899
2957645,2909,047
2957646,4989,188

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

Israel

  • 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

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