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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 BarbadosIcelandJordanParaguay
2732774,5915,366
2742814,7005,473
2752854,8115,579
2762884,9235,683
2782895,0375,786
2792935,1615,886
2802965,2955,984
2813045,7656,080
2823116,2436,173
2833196,3976,264
2853196,5386,352
2863186,6806,438
2873196,8406,522
2883216,9526,605
2893247,7066,688
2903278,8396,769
2913319,5066,850
2913359,8636,930
29234310,0667,012
29335310,2737,095
29436110,4807,179
29436610,6287,263
29537210,7167,348
29538010,8497,432

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.

Jordan

  • 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
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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