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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 BarbadosIcelandGermanyHonduras
27327781,4396,198
27428181,4746,367
27528581,5346,535
27628881,5956,698
27828981,5666,863
27929381,4737,028
28029681,3547,194
28130481,1907,359
28231181,0097,522
28331980,7817,682
28531980,5007,839
28631880,3017,991
28731980,2928,141
28832180,4438,288
28932480,6638,429
29032781,0008,546
29133181,7048,661
29133582,3668,770
29234382,6748,878
29335382,9239,002
29436183,1109,154
29436683,1789,304
29537283,2139,448
29538083,8119,590

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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