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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaFinland
27327712,1225,166
27428112,3175,176
27528512,5045,188
27628812,6915,201
27828912,8815,213
27929313,0765,228
28029613,2765,246
28130413,4615,266
28231113,6305,289
28331913,8085,313
28531913,9905,339
28631814,1625,363
28731914,3225,388
28832114,4805,414
28932414,6375,439
29032714,7935,463
29133114,9945,481
29133515,2385,495
29234315,4805,508
29335315,7175,516
29436115,9445,522
29436616,1495,531
29537216,3385,542
29538016,5145,556

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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