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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaRussia
27327712,122147,218
27428112,317146,600
27528512,504145,980
27628812,691145,310
27828912,881144,652
27929313,076144,071
28029613,276143,522
28130413,461143,053
28231113,630142,809
28331913,808142,746
28531913,990142,789
28631814,162142,853
28731914,322142,964
28832114,480143,205
28932414,637143,510
29032714,793146,094
29133114,994146,410
29133515,238146,678
29234315,480146,846
29335315,717146,834
29436115,944146,768
29436616,149146,463
29537216,338145,849
29538016,514146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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