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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 BarbadosIcelandAzerbaijanThailand
2732778,05659,748
2742818,12760,165
2752858,19460,746
2762888,25761,323
2782898,31961,884
2792938,39162,425
2802968,47562,956
2813048,56563,467
2823118,65763,937
2833198,75064,381
2853198,84264,804
2863188,93365,208
2873199,02565,599
2883219,11765,970
2893249,21066,332
2903279,30266,673
2913319,39366,975
2913359,48167,250
2923439,56767,506
2933539,64967,750
2943619,72767,975
2943669,80268,180
2953729,87468,366
2953809,91868,457

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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