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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 BarbadosIcelandBoliviaOman
2732778,0072,348
2742818,1772,403
2752858,3512,457
2762888,5292,510
2782898,7112,562
2792938,8952,613
2802969,0812,663
2813049,2682,713
2823119,4572,764
2833199,6472,816
2853199,8362,871
28631810,0242,928
28731910,2112,986
28832110,3973,047
28932410,5813,110
29032710,7633,174
29133110,9423,240
29133511,1183,307
29234311,2893,375
29335311,4563,444
29436111,6213,512
29436611,7753,582
29537211,9173,651
29538012,0603,696

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.

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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