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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 BarbadosIcelandHondurasGermany
2732776,19881,439
2742816,36781,474
2752856,53581,534
2762886,69881,595
2782896,86381,566
2792937,02881,473
2802967,19481,354
2813047,35981,190
2823117,52281,009
2833197,68280,781
2853197,83980,500
2863187,99180,301
2873198,14180,292
2883218,28880,443
2893248,42980,663
2903278,54681,000
2913318,66181,704
2913358,77082,366
2923438,87882,674
2933539,00282,923
2943619,15483,110
2943669,30483,178
2953729,44883,213
2953809,59083,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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