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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 BarbadosIcelandUnited Arab EmiratesRussia
2732773,101147,218
2742813,284146,600
2752853,458145,980
2762883,613145,310
2782893,754144,652
2792933,882144,071
2802964,000143,522
2813044,532143,053
2823115,623142,809
2833197,277142,746
2853198,164142,789
2863188,152142,853
2873198,438142,964
2883218,747143,205
2893249,077143,510
2903279,321146,094
2913319,461146,410
2913359,587146,678
2923439,699146,846
2933539,796146,834
2943619,879146,768
2943669,953146,463
29537210,018145,849
29538010,099146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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