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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 BarbadosIcelandOmanBolivia
2732772,3488,007
2742812,4038,177
2752852,4578,351
2762882,5108,529
2782892,5628,711
2792932,6138,895
2802962,6639,081
2813042,7139,268
2823112,7649,457
2833192,8169,647
2853192,8719,836
2863182,92810,024
2873192,98610,211
2883213,04710,397
2893243,11010,581
2903273,17410,763
2913313,24010,942
2913353,30711,118
2923433,37511,289
2933533,44411,456
2943613,51211,621
2943663,58211,775
2953723,65111,917
2953803,69612,060

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.

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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