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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaChile
27327712,12215,140
27428112,31715,340
27528512,50415,513
27628812,69115,686
27828912,88115,859
27929313,07616,029
28029613,27616,222
28130413,46116,364
28231113,63016,536
28331913,80816,700
28531913,99016,864
28631814,16216,999
28731914,32217,189
28832114,48017,378
28932414,63717,545
29032714,79317,720
29133114,99417,904
29133515,23818,099
29234315,48018,350
29335315,71718,681
29436115,94419,035
29436616,14919,385
29537216,33819,604
29538016,51419,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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