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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 BarbadosIcelandQatarTanzania
27327762732,912
27428165933,953
27528569134,974
27628872436,021
27828975737,100
27929385038,167
2802961,00139,262
2813041,15340,387
2823111,30641,557
2833191,46042,741
2853191,61543,889
2863181,77045,132
2873191,90446,531
2883212,01047,965
2893242,10349,437
2903272,18750,965
2913312,26152,604
2913352,32654,336
2923432,38456,062
2933532,43557,765
2943612,48059,465
2943662,51961,191
2953722,55362,944
2953802,55964,835

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