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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 BarbadosIcelandBelarusYemen
27327710,06416,728
27428110,03417,236
27528510,00017,762
2762889,95518,310
2782899,90518,855
2792939,85619,410
2802969,80720,000
2813049,76420,611
2823119,73421,236
2833199,71321,878
2853199,69722,533
2863189,68123,195
2873199,66223,880
2883219,64324,594
2893249,62425,311
2903279,60526,020
2913319,58526,698
2913359,56427,347
2923439,54227,985
2933539,51928,608
2943619,49529,216
2943669,46929,811
2953729,44230,399
2953809,40031,058

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.

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