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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 BarbadosIcelandIndonesiaMali
273277208,10510,596
274281211,40810,833
275285214,47510,890
276288217,51611,007
278289220,54911,307
279293224,47311,579
280296227,53411,804
281304230,73912,043
282311233,91812,337
283319237,05612,657
285319240,14012,986
286318243,17113,325
287319246,15013,679
288321249,08614,040
289324251,94714,412
290327254,70214,803
291331257,35115,210
291335259,90615,629
292343262,37916,060
293353264,78916,507
294361267,14216,967
294366269,43717,442
295372271,67417,930
295380273,40918,494

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