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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 BarbadosIcelandOmanCambodia
2732772,34812,122
2742812,40312,317
2752852,45712,504
2762882,51012,691
2782892,56212,881
2792932,61313,076
2802962,66313,276
2813042,71313,461
2823112,76413,630
2833192,81613,808
2853192,87113,990
2863182,92814,162
2873192,98614,322
2883213,04714,480
2893243,11014,637
2903273,17414,793
2913313,24014,994
2913353,30715,238
2923433,37515,480
2933533,44415,717
2943613,51215,944
2943663,58216,149
2953723,65116,338
2953803,69616,514

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, Oman, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.