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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 BarbadosIcelandRomaniaCambodia
27327722,41412,122
27428122,26212,317
27528522,10612,504
27628821,93112,691
27828921,82812,881
27929321,70413,076
28029621,57113,276
28130421,44313,461
28231121,12913,630
28331920,77913,808
28531920,60713,990
28631820,48514,162
28731920,38514,322
28832120,29614,480
28932420,22414,637
29032720,15114,793
29133120,05514,994
29133519,93815,238
29234319,82315,480
29335319,71315,717
29436119,62215,944
29436619,49616,149
29537219,35116,338
29538019,26616,514

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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.