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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 BarbadosIcelandSerbiaYemen
2732777,61116,728
2742817,58717,236
2752857,57417,762
2762887,57018,310
2782897,55118,855
2792937,53319,410
2802967,51020,000
2813047,48120,611
2823117,45121,236
2833197,41921,878
2853197,38922,533
2863187,36023,195
2873197,30423,880
2883217,26924,594
2893247,23425,311
2903277,19926,020
2913317,16226,698
2913357,12427,347
2923437,08727,985
2933537,04828,608
2943617,01029,216
2943666,96429,811
2953726,89830,399
2953806,83331,058

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

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