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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 BarbadosIcelandParaguayGeorgia
2732775,3664,848
2742815,4734,814
2752855,5794,789
2762885,6834,771
2782895,7864,746
2792935,8864,739
2802965,9844,786
2813046,0804,826
2823116,1734,820
2833196,2644,819
2853196,3524,851
2863186,4384,898
2873196,5224,934
2883216,6054,946
2893246,6884,938
2903276,7694,931
2913316,8504,927
2913356,9304,924
2923437,0124,922
2933537,0954,922
2943617,1794,923
2943667,2634,926
2953727,3484,929
2953807,4324,911

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