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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 BarbadosIcelandCentral African RepublicMadagascar
2732773,88915,259
2742813,98015,707
2752854,05416,162
2762884,12816,631
2782894,21517,114
2792934,28917,610
2802964,36318,120
2813044,44918,641
2823114,54419,173
2833194,64119,717
2853194,74220,272
2863184,84520,837
2873194,95021,413
2883215,05721,999
2893245,16722,593
2903275,27823,196
2913315,39223,806
2913355,50724,423
2923435,62525,044
2933535,74525,671
2943615,87426,302
2943666,02526,936
2953726,15427,573
2953806,29128,237

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, Central African Republic, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.