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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 BarbadosIcelandIsraelPuerto Rico
2732775,9273,800
2742816,0883,811
2752856,2363,819
2762886,3663,824
2782896,4843,826
2792936,6033,827
2802966,7233,822
2813046,8463,805
2823116,9723,783
2833197,1003,761
2853197,2263,741
2863187,3603,722
2873197,4983,679
2883217,6373,636
2893247,7813,589
2903277,9313,534
2913318,0913,473
2913358,2513,411
2923438,4123,352
2933538,5763,295
2943618,7423,268
2943668,8993,247
2953729,0473,232
2953809,1883,228

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.

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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