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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 BarbadosIcelandMoroccoDenmark
27327728,4005,322
27428128,7445,339
27528529,0945,358
27628829,4475,377
27828929,8065,391
27929330,1695,404
28029630,5525,420
28130430,9535,438
28231131,3545,461
28331931,7545,494
28531932,1545,524
28631832,5535,548
28731932,9515,571
28832133,3465,592
28932433,7375,614
29032734,1245,644
29133134,5115,683
29133534,8985,730
29234335,2795,766
29335335,6535,795
29436136,0185,818
29436636,3755,831
29537236,7235,855
29538037,1015,907

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