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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 BarbadosIcelandHondurasLithuania
2732776,1983,419
2742816,3673,395
2752856,5353,367
2762886,6983,340
2782896,8633,313
2792937,0283,276
2802967,1943,223
2813047,3593,172
2823117,5223,134
2833197,6823,102
2853197,8393,068
2863187,9913,004
2873198,1412,937
2883218,2882,898
2893248,4292,869
2903278,5462,844
2913318,6612,818
2913358,7702,782
2923438,8782,744
2933539,0022,718
2943619,1542,710
2943669,3042,711
2953729,4482,724
2953809,5902,748

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, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.