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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 BarbadosIcelandEstoniaRussia
2732771,378147,218
2742811,400146,600
2752851,391145,980
2762881,382145,310
2782891,374144,652
2792931,365144,071
2802961,357143,522
2813041,349143,053
2823111,341142,809
2833191,337142,746
2853191,334142,789
2863181,332142,853
2873191,328142,964
2883211,324143,205
2893241,319143,510
2903271,314146,094
2913311,312146,410
2913351,314146,678
2923431,314146,846
2933531,318146,834
2943611,323146,768
2943661,327146,463
2953721,329145,849
2953801,330146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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