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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 BarbadosIcelandLithuaniaIndonesia
2732773,419208,105
2742813,395211,408
2752853,367214,475
2762883,340217,516
2782893,313220,549
2792933,276224,473
2802963,223227,534
2813043,172230,739
2823113,134233,918
2833193,102237,056
2853193,068240,140
2863183,004243,171
2873192,937246,150
2883212,898249,086
2893242,869251,947
2903272,844254,702
2913312,818257,351
2913352,782259,906
2923432,744262,379
2933532,718264,789
2943612,710267,142
2943662,711269,437
2953722,724271,674
2953802,748273,409

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.

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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