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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 BarbadosIcelandBangladeshHaiti
273277132,9078,121
274281135,2078,279
275285137,4208,430
276288139,5738,580
278289141,6508,739
279293143,6448,900
280296145,5469,061
281304147,3769,216
282311149,0479,364
283319150,5629,508
285319152,1899,652
286318153,9279,553
287319155,6349,670
288321157,3269,793
289324158,9999,922
290327160,65010,047
291331162,27310,254
291335163,93810,486
292343165,65510,647
293353167,35810,788
294361169,04510,933
294366170,70911,077
295372172,35411,215
295380174,21711,349

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