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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 BarbadosIcelandHondurasDenmark
2732776,1985,322
2742816,3675,339
2752856,5355,358
2762886,6985,377
2782896,8635,391
2792937,0285,404
2802967,1945,420
2813047,3595,438
2823117,5225,461
2833197,6825,494
2853197,8395,524
2863187,9915,548
2873198,1415,571
2883218,2885,592
2893248,4295,614
2903278,5465,644
2913318,6615,683
2913358,7705,730
2923438,8785,766
2933539,0025,795
2943619,1545,818
2943669,3045,831
2953729,4485,855
2953809,5905,907

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, Honduras, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.