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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 BarbadosIcelandCameroonBosnia & Herzegovina
27327715,4833,811
27428115,9133,901
27528516,3543,919
27628816,8153,923
27828917,2893,940
27929317,7643,975
28029618,2493,991
28130418,7463,993
28231119,2783,990
28331919,8433,987
28531920,4193,985
28631821,0023,983
28731921,5863,980
28832122,1813,977
28932422,8003,973
29032723,5133,968
29133124,2733,963
29133524,9953,957
29234325,6803,951
29335326,3733,944
29436127,1143,937
29436627,8783,929
29537228,6633,921
29538029,4173,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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