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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 EmiratesTrinidad & Tobago
2732773,1011,301
2742813,2841,303
2752853,4581,308
2762883,6131,314
2782893,7541,320
2792933,8821,326
2802964,0001,332
2813044,5321,338
2823115,6231,344
2833197,2771,352
2853198,1641,359
2863188,1521,365
2873198,4381,372
2883218,7471,379
2893249,0771,386
2903279,3211,392
2913319,4611,399
2913359,5871,405
2923439,6991,411
2933539,7961,436
2943619,8791,452
2943669,9531,448
29537210,0181,450
29538010,0991,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.