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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 BarbadosIcelandBelarusAlbania
27327710,0643,085
27428110,0343,065
27528510,0003,047
2762889,9553,038
2782899,9053,026
2792939,8563,014
2802969,8072,998
2813049,7642,979
2823119,7342,957
2833199,7132,934
2853199,6972,915
2863189,6812,900
2873199,6622,892
2883219,6432,888
2893249,6242,882
2903279,6052,876
2913319,5852,868
2913359,5642,863
2923439,5422,861
2933539,5192,854
2943619,4952,842
2943669,4692,825
2953729,4422,799
2953809,4002,787

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.

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