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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 BarbadosIcelandCroatiaYemen
2732774,37716,728
2742814,33417,236
2752854,17117,762
2762884,17618,310
2782894,17618,855
2792934,17919,410
2802964,18220,000
2813044,18320,611
2823114,18321,236
2833194,18121,878
2853194,17722,533
2863184,16723,195
2873194,15423,880
2883214,14124,594
2893244,12625,311
2903274,10926,020
2913314,08126,698
2913354,04727,347
2923434,00627,985
2933533,96828,608
2943613,94529,216
2943663,92529,811
2953723,83930,399
2953803,79031,058

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.

Croatia

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

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