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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 BarbadosIcelandHondurasParaguay
2732776,1985,366
2742816,3675,473
2752856,5355,579
2762886,6985,683
2782896,8635,786
2792937,0285,886
2802967,1945,984
2813047,3596,080
2823117,5226,173
2833197,6826,264
2853197,8396,352
2863187,9916,438
2873198,1416,522
2883218,2886,605
2893248,4296,688
2903278,5466,769
2913318,6616,850
2913358,7706,930
2923438,8787,012
2933539,0027,095
2943619,1547,179
2943669,3047,263
2953729,4487,348
2953809,5907,432

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