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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaGuinea
27327712,1227,610
27428112,3177,780
27528512,5047,821
27628812,6917,906
27828912,8818,121
27929313,0768,317
28029613,2768,478
28130413,4618,650
28231113,6308,860
28331913,8089,091
28531913,9909,327
28631814,1629,571
28731914,3229,825
28832114,48010,084
28932414,63710,351
29032714,79310,632
29133114,99410,924
29133515,23811,225
29234315,48011,534
29335315,71711,855
29436115,94412,160
29436616,14912,469
29537216,33812,778
29538016,51413,087

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.

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