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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 BarbadosIcelandAlbaniaUruguay
2732773,0853,234
2742813,0653,246
2752853,0473,257
2762883,0383,268
2782893,0263,277
2792933,0143,285
2802962,9983,291
2813042,9793,298
2823112,9573,305
2833192,9343,313
2853192,9153,321
2863182,9003,329
2873192,8923,337
2883212,8883,345
2893242,8823,353
2903272,8763,362
2913312,8683,371
2913352,8633,380
2923432,8613,390
2933532,8543,399
2943612,8423,408
2943662,8253,417
2953722,7993,426
2953802,7873,422

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.

Uruguay

  • 1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
  • 1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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