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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 BarbadosIcelandLebanonHaiti
2732773,4608,121
2742813,4998,279
2752853,5548,430
2762883,6108,580
2782893,6658,739
2792933,7218,900
2802963,7779,061
2813043,8539,216
2823113,9549,364
2833194,0369,508
2853194,0829,652
2863184,0979,553
2873194,1159,670
2883214,2069,793
2893244,6969,922
2903275,36510,047
2913315,64010,254
2913355,68810,486
2923435,68010,647
2933535,56210,788
2943615,33110,933
2943664,98611,077
2953724,80211,215
2953804,71311,349

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