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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 BarbadosIcelandMoroccoLithuania
27327728,4003,419
27428128,7443,395
27528529,0943,367
27628829,4473,340
27828929,8063,313
27929330,1693,276
28029630,5523,223
28130430,9533,172
28231131,3543,134
28331931,7543,102
28531932,1543,068
28631832,5533,004
28731932,9512,937
28832133,3462,898
28932433,7372,869
29032734,1242,844
29133134,5112,818
29133534,8982,782
29234335,2792,744
29335335,6532,718
29436136,0182,710
29436636,3752,711
29537236,7232,724
29538037,1012,748

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