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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 BarbadosIcelandOmanParaguay
2732772,3485,366
2742812,4035,473
2752852,4575,579
2762882,5105,683
2782892,5625,786
2792932,6135,886
2802962,6635,984
2813042,7136,080
2823112,7646,173
2833192,8166,264
2853192,8716,352
2863182,9286,438
2873192,9866,522
2883213,0476,605
2893243,1106,688
2903273,1746,769
2913313,2406,850
2913353,3076,930
2923433,3757,012
2933533,4447,095
2943613,5127,179
2943663,5827,263
2953723,6517,348
2953803,6967,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.