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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 BarbadosIcelandMoroccoSwitzerland
27327728,4007,258
27428128,7447,296
27528529,0947,332
27628829,4477,384
27828929,8067,438
27929330,1697,488
28029630,5527,532
28130430,9537,579
28231131,3547,647
28331931,7547,738
28531932,1547,825
28631832,5537,884
28731932,9517,959
28832133,3468,044
28932433,7378,137
29032734,1248,237
29133134,5118,332
29133534,8988,423
29234335,2798,502
29335335,6538,565
29436136,0188,626
29436636,3758,689
29537236,7238,756
29538037,1018,834

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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