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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 BarbadosIcelandHondurasBosnia & Herzegovina
2732776,1983,811
2742816,3673,901
2752856,5353,919
2762886,6983,923
2782896,8633,940
2792937,0283,975
2802967,1943,991
2813047,3593,993
2823117,5223,990
2833197,6823,987
2853197,8393,985
2863187,9913,983
2873198,1413,980
2883218,2883,977
2893248,4293,973
2903278,5463,968
2913318,6613,963
2913358,7703,957
2923438,8783,951
2933539,0023,944
2943619,1543,937
2943669,3043,929
2953729,4483,921
2953809,5903,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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