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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 BarbadosIcelandLuxembourgMorocco
27327743328,400
27428143828,744
27528544329,094
27628844829,447
27828945429,806
27929346030,169
28029646730,552
28130447430,953
28231148231,354
28331949131,754
28531950032,154
28631850932,553
28731952132,951
28832153333,346
28932454733,737
29032756034,124
29133157134,511
29133558634,898
29234359935,279
29335361035,653
29436162336,018
29436663336,375
29537264336,723
29538065137,101

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, Luxembourg, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.