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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 BarbadosIcelandBangladeshAlbania
273277132,9073,085
274281135,2073,065
275285137,4203,047
276288139,5733,038
278289141,6503,026
279293143,6443,014
280296145,5462,998
281304147,3762,979
282311149,0472,957
283319150,5622,934
285319152,1892,915
286318153,9272,900
287319155,6342,892
288321157,3262,888
289324158,9992,882
290327160,6502,876
291331162,2732,868
291335163,9382,863
292343165,6552,861
293353167,3582,854
294361169,0452,842
294366170,7092,825
295372172,3542,799
295380174,2172,787

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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