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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 BarbadosIcelandSerbiaThailand
2732777,61159,748
2742817,58760,165
2752857,57460,746
2762887,57061,323
2782897,55161,884
2792937,53362,425
2802967,51062,956
2813047,48163,467
2823117,45163,937
2833197,41964,381
2853197,38964,804
2863187,36065,208
2873197,30465,599
2883217,26965,970
2893247,23466,332
2903277,19966,673
2913317,16266,975
2913357,12467,250
2923437,08767,506
2933537,04867,750
2943617,01067,975
2943666,96468,180
2953726,89868,366
2953806,83368,457

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.

Serbia

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

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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