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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 BarbadosIcelandBangladeshOman
273277132,9072,348
274281135,2072,403
275285137,4202,457
276288139,5732,510
278289141,6502,562
279293143,6442,613
280296145,5462,663
281304147,3762,713
282311149,0472,764
283319150,5622,816
285319152,1892,871
286318153,9272,928
287319155,6342,986
288321157,3263,047
289324158,9993,110
290327160,6503,174
291331162,2733,240
291335163,9383,307
292343165,6553,375
293353167,3583,444
294361169,0453,512
294366170,7093,582
295372172,3543,651
295380174,2173,696

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