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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 EmiratesSão Tomé & Príncipe
2732773,101138
2742813,284141
2752853,458144
2762883,613147
2782893,754151
2792933,882154
2802964,000158
2813044,532161
2823115,623165
2833197,277168
2853198,164172
2863188,152176
2873198,438180
2883218,747183
2893249,077187
2903279,321190
2913319,461194
2913359,587198
2923439,699201
2933539,796204
2943619,879208
2943669,953212
29537210,018216
29538010,099220

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, United Arab Emirates, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.