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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 BarbadosIcelandDominicaSudan
2732777026,168
2742817126,771
2752857127,387
2762887228,017
2782897228,662
2792937229,321
2802967229,996
2813047230,686
2823117231,393
2833197332,137
2853197333,078
2863187333,891
2873197334,568
2883217335,293
2893247336,093
2903277337,058
2913317438,165
2913357439,294
2923437440,512
2933537441,764
2943617542,952
2943667544,121
2953727645,290
2953807646,498

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, Dominica, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.