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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 BarbadosIcelandHaitiLuxembourg
2732778,121433
2742818,279438
2752858,430443
2762888,580448
2782898,739454
2792938,900460
2802969,061467
2813049,216474
2823119,364482
2833199,508491
2853199,652500
2863189,553509
2873199,670521
2883219,793533
2893249,922547
29032710,047560
29133110,254571
29133510,486586
29234310,647599
29335310,788610
29436110,933623
29436611,077633
29537211,215643
29538011,349651

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, Haiti, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.