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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaJordan
27327712,1224,591
27428112,3174,700
27528512,5044,811
27628812,6914,923
27828912,8815,037
27929313,0765,161
28029613,2765,295
28130413,4615,765
28231113,6306,243
28331913,8086,397
28531913,9906,538
28631814,1626,680
28731914,3226,840
28832114,4806,952
28932414,6377,706
29032714,7938,839
29133114,9949,506
29133515,2389,863
29234315,48010,066
29335315,71710,273
29436115,94410,480
29436616,14910,628
29537216,33810,716
29538016,51410,849

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.