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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 BarbadosIcelandMaliRussia
27327710,596147,218
27428110,833146,600
27528510,890145,980
27628811,007145,310
27828911,307144,652
27929311,579144,071
28029611,804143,522
28130412,043143,053
28231112,337142,809
28331912,657142,746
28531912,986142,789
28631813,325142,853
28731913,679142,964
28832114,040143,205
28932414,412143,510
29032714,803146,094
29133115,210146,410
29133515,629146,678
29234316,060146,846
29335316,507146,834
29436116,967146,768
29436617,442146,463
29537217,930145,849
29538018,494146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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