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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 BarbadosIcelandDenmarkGeorgia
2732775,3224,848
2742815,3394,814
2752855,3584,789
2762885,3774,771
2782895,3914,746
2792935,4044,739
2802965,4204,786
2813045,4384,826
2823115,4614,820
2833195,4944,819
2853195,5244,851
2863185,5484,898
2873195,5714,934
2883215,5924,946
2893245,6144,938
2903275,6444,931
2913315,6834,927
2913355,7304,924
2923435,7664,922
2933535,7954,922
2943615,8184,923
2943665,8314,926
2953725,8554,929
2953805,9074,911

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, Georgia; the database as a whole is cited above.