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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 BarbadosIcelandBangladeshAzerbaijan
273277132,9078,056
274281135,2078,127
275285137,4208,194
276288139,5738,257
278289141,6508,319
279293143,6448,391
280296145,5468,475
281304147,3768,565
282311149,0478,657
283319150,5628,750
285319152,1898,842
286318153,9278,933
287319155,6349,025
288321157,3269,117
289324158,9999,210
290327160,6509,302
291331162,2739,393
291335163,9389,481
292343165,6559,567
293353167,3589,649
294361169,0459,727
294366170,7099,802
295372172,3549,874
295380174,2179,918

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