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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 BarbadosIcelandCubaOman
27327711,1082,348
27428111,1472,403
27528511,1792,457
27628811,2102,510
27828911,2412,562
27929311,2602,613
28029611,2682,663
28130411,2662,713
28231111,2612,764
28331911,2582,816
28531911,2602,871
28631811,2622,928
28731911,2642,986
28832111,2623,047
28932411,2503,110
29032711,2383,174
29133111,2143,240
29133511,1803,307
29234311,1473,375
29335311,1163,444
29436111,1053,512
29436611,0893,582
29537211,0463,651
29538011,0033,696

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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