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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 BarbadosIcelandQatarSudan
27327762726,168
27428165926,771
27528569127,387
27628872428,017
27828975728,662
27929385029,321
2802961,00129,996
2813041,15330,686
2823111,30631,393
2833191,46032,137
2853191,61533,078
2863181,77033,891
2873191,90434,568
2883212,01035,293
2893242,10336,093
2903272,18737,058
2913312,26138,165
2913352,32639,294
2923432,38440,512
2933532,43541,764
2943612,48042,952
2943662,51944,121
2953722,55345,290
2953802,55946,498

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, Qatar, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.