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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 BarbadosIcelandMaliIndonesia
27327710,596208,105
27428110,833211,408
27528510,890214,475
27628811,007217,516
27828911,307220,549
27929311,579224,473
28029611,804227,534
28130412,043230,739
28231112,337233,918
28331912,657237,056
28531912,986240,140
28631813,325243,171
28731913,679246,150
28832114,040249,086
28932414,412251,947
29032714,803254,702
29133115,210257,351
29133515,629259,906
29234316,060262,379
29335316,507264,789
29436116,967267,142
29436617,442269,437
29537217,930271,674
29538018,494273,409

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.

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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