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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 BarbadosIcelandDenmarkArmenia
2732775,3222,970
2742815,3392,966
2752855,3582,965
2762885,3772,962
2782895,3912,955
2792935,4042,953
2802965,4202,951
2813045,4382,948
2823115,4612,946
2833195,4942,943
2853195,5242,941
2863185,5482,939
2873195,5712,937
2883215,5922,934
2893245,6142,932
2903275,6442,928
2913315,6832,924
2913355,7302,919
2923435,7662,913
2933535,7952,907
2943615,8182,899
2943665,8312,891
2953725,8552,881
2953805,9072,871

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, Denmark, Armenia; the database as a whole is cited above.