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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 BarbadosIcelandRomaniaCzechia
27327722,41410,230
27428122,26210,220
27528522,10610,172
27628821,93110,148
27828921,82810,149
27929321,70410,154
28029621,57110,182
28130421,44310,214
28231121,12910,270
28331920,77910,376
28531920,60710,438
28631820,48510,463
28731920,38510,443
28832120,29610,455
28932420,22410,457
29032720,15110,471
29133120,05510,489
29133519,93810,511
29234319,82310,535
29335319,71310,572
29436119,62210,615
29436619,49610,645
29537219,35110,642
29538019,26610,635

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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