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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 BarbadosIcelandIndonesiaLithuania
273277208,1053,419
274281211,4083,395
275285214,4753,367
276288217,5163,340
278289220,5493,313
279293224,4733,276
280296227,5343,223
281304230,7393,172
282311233,9183,134
283319237,0563,102
285319240,1403,068
286318243,1713,004
287319246,1502,937
288321249,0862,898
289324251,9472,869
290327254,7022,844
291331257,3512,818
291335259,9062,782
292343262,3792,744
293353264,7892,718
294361267,1422,710
294366269,4372,711
295372271,6742,724
295380273,4092,748

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.

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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