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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 BarbadosIcelandBelarusParaguay
27327710,0645,366
27428110,0345,473
27528510,0005,579
2762889,9555,683
2782899,9055,786
2792939,8565,886
2802969,8075,984
2813049,7646,080
2823119,7346,173
2833199,7136,264
2853199,6976,352
2863189,6816,438
2873199,6626,522
2883219,6436,605
2893249,6246,688
2903279,6056,769
2913319,5856,850
2913359,5646,930
2923439,5427,012
2933539,5197,095
2943619,4957,179
2943669,4697,263
2953729,4427,348
2953809,4007,432

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