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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 BarbadosIcelandLebanonAlbania
2732773,4603,085
2742813,4993,065
2752853,5543,047
2762883,6103,038
2782893,6653,026
2792933,7213,014
2802963,7772,998
2813043,8532,979
2823113,9542,957
2833194,0362,934
2853194,0822,915
2863184,0972,900
2873194,1152,892
2883214,2062,888
2893244,6962,882
2903275,3652,876
2913315,6402,868
2913355,6882,863
2923435,6802,861
2933535,5622,854
2943615,3312,842
2943664,9862,825
2953724,8022,799
2953804,7132,787

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.

Lebanon

  • 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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.