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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 BarbadosIcelandMoldovaYemen
2732774,24416,728
2742814,19917,236
2752854,15417,762
2762884,10818,310
2782894,05918,855
2792934,01319,410
2802963,96620,000
2813043,91920,611
2823113,87321,236
2833193,82921,878
2853193,78822,533
2863183,74823,195
2873193,70923,880
2883213,67124,594
2893243,63325,311
2903273,59526,020
2913313,55826,698
2913353,52227,347
2923433,48527,985
2933533,44828,608
2943613,41229,216
2943663,37629,811
2953723,33930,399
2953803,57031,058

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