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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 BarbadosIcelandQatarCroatia
2732776274,377
2742816594,334
2752856914,171
2762887244,176
2782897574,176
2792938504,179
2802961,0014,182
2813041,1534,183
2823111,3064,183
2833191,4604,181
2853191,6154,177
2863181,7704,167
2873191,9044,154
2883212,0104,141
2893242,1034,126
2903272,1874,109
2913312,2614,081
2913352,3264,047
2923432,3844,006
2933532,4353,968
2943612,4803,945
2943662,5193,925
2953722,5533,839
2953802,5593,790

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.

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.