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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 BarbadosIcelandCambodiaSenegal
27327712,12210,070
27428112,31710,305
27528512,50410,576
27628812,69110,864
27828912,88111,172
27929313,07611,498
28029613,27611,839
28130413,46112,204
28231113,63012,584
28331913,80812,978
28531913,99013,382
28631814,16213,794
28731914,32214,226
28832114,48014,668
28932414,63715,121
29032714,79315,589
29133114,99416,066
29133515,23816,549
29234315,48017,044
29335315,71717,535
29436115,94418,021
29436616,14918,518
29537216,33819,016
29538016,51419,512

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