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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 BarbadosIsraelRomaniaUganda
2735,92722,41423,408
2746,08822,26224,195
2756,23622,10624,992
2766,36621,93125,846
2786,48421,82826,661
2796,60321,70427,414
2806,72321,57128,200
2816,84621,44329,021
2826,97221,12929,846
2837,10020,77930,647
2857,22620,60731,469
2867,36020,48532,343
2877,49820,38533,257
2887,63720,29634,234
2897,78120,22435,271
2907,93120,15136,419
2918,09120,05537,673
2918,25119,93839,157
2928,41219,82340,879
2938,57619,71342,329
2948,74219,62243,639
2948,89919,49645,120
2959,04719,35146,645
2959,18819,26648,065

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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