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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 BarbadosIcelandBangladeshUzbekistan
273277132,90724,701
274281135,20725,042
275285137,42025,372
276288139,57325,696
278289141,65025,992
279293143,64426,268
280296145,54626,540
281304147,37626,812
282311149,04727,081
283319150,56227,347
285319152,18927,609
286318153,92727,869
287319155,63428,132
288321157,32628,398
289324158,99928,666
290327160,65028,934
291331162,27329,205
291335163,93829,480
292343165,65529,756
293353167,35830,031
294361169,04530,305
294366170,70930,576
295372172,35430,843
295380174,21731,337

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