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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 BarbadosIcelandAzerbaijanLuxembourg
2732778,056433
2742818,127438
2752858,194443
2762888,257448
2782898,319454
2792938,391460
2802968,475467
2813048,565474
2823118,657482
2833198,750491
2853198,842500
2863188,933509
2873199,025521
2883219,117533
2893249,210547
2903279,302560
2913319,393571
2913359,481586
2923439,567599
2933539,649610
2943619,727623
2943669,802633
2953729,874643
2953809,918651

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, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.