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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 BarbadosIcelandPuerto RicoTanzania
2732773,80032,912
2742813,81133,953
2752853,81934,974
2762883,82436,021
2782893,82637,100
2792933,82738,167
2802963,82239,262
2813043,80540,387
2823113,78341,557
2833193,76142,741
2853193,74143,889
2863183,72245,132
2873193,67946,531
2883213,63647,965
2893243,58949,437
2903273,53450,965
2913313,47352,604
2913353,41154,336
2923433,35256,062
2933533,29557,765
2943613,26859,465
2943663,24761,191
2953723,23262,944
2953803,22864,835

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, Puerto Rico, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.