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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 BarbadosIcelandMoldovaSlovakia
2732774,2445,360
2742814,1995,365
2752854,1545,344
2762884,1085,343
2782894,0595,343
2792934,0135,346
2802963,9665,351
2813043,9195,355
2823113,8735,361
2833193,8295,370
2853193,7885,382
2863183,7485,394
2873193,7095,362
2883213,6715,370
2893243,6335,377
2903273,5955,382
2913313,5585,386
2913353,5225,395
2923433,4855,402
2933533,4485,410
2943613,4125,417
2943663,3765,424
2953723,3395,404
2953803,5705,464

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, Moldova, Slovakia; the database as a whole is cited above.