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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 BarbadosIcelandOmanEswatini
2732772,3481,033
2742812,4031,032
2752852,4571,030
2762882,5101,028
2782892,5621,026
2792932,6131,025
2802962,6631,023
2813042,7131,021
2823112,7641,019
2833192,8161,017
2853192,8711,017
2863182,9281,019
2873192,9861,024
2883213,0471,032
2893243,1101,041
2903273,1741,051
2913313,2401,060
2913353,3071,069
2923433,3751,078
2933533,4441,087
2943613,5121,096
2943663,5821,106
2953723,6511,117
2953803,6961,126

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