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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 BarbadosIcelandMyanmar (Burma)Oman
27327745,0182,348
27428145,6162,403
27528546,1712,457
27628846,6902,510
27828947,2012,562
27929347,6992,613
28029648,1962,663
28130448,6742,713
28231149,1512,764
28331949,5052,816
28531949,8962,871
28631850,2852,928
28731950,8132,986
28832151,3693,047
28932451,8783,110
29032752,3743,174
29133152,9003,240
29133553,4163,307
29234353,9143,375
29335354,4033,444
29436154,8843,512
29436655,3553,582
29537255,8153,651
29538056,2103,696

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

  • 1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
  • 1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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