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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 BarbadosIcelandLebanonBosnia & Herzegovina
2732773,4603,811
2742813,4993,901
2752853,5543,919
2762883,6103,923
2782893,6653,940
2792933,7213,975
2802963,7773,991
2813043,8533,993
2823113,9543,990
2833194,0363,987
2853194,0823,985
2863184,0973,983
2873194,1153,980
2883214,2063,977
2893244,6963,973
2903275,3653,968
2913315,6403,963
2913355,6883,957
2923435,6803,951
2933535,5623,944
2943615,3313,937
2943664,9863,929
2953724,8023,921
2953804,7133,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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