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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 BarbadosIcelandChileLatvia
27327715,1402,386
27428115,3402,363
27528515,5132,333
27628815,6862,306
27828915,8592,284
27929316,0292,259
28029616,2222,235
28130416,3642,215
28231116,5362,197
28331916,7002,174
28531916,8642,138
28631816,9992,093
28731917,1892,055
28832117,3782,030
28932417,5452,009
29032717,7201,991
29133117,9041,974
29133518,0991,956
29234318,3501,938
29335318,6811,923
29436119,0351,910
29436619,3851,897
29537219,6041,880
29538019,7151,883

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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