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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 BarbadosIcelandRussiaUnited Arab Emirates
273277147,2183,101
274281146,6003,284
275285145,9803,458
276288145,3103,613
278289144,6523,754
279293144,0713,882
280296143,5224,000
281304143,0534,532
282311142,8095,623
283319142,7467,277
285319142,7898,164
286318142,8538,152
287319142,9648,438
288321143,2058,747
289324143,5109,077
290327146,0949,321
291331146,4109,461
291335146,6789,587
292343146,8469,699
293353146,8349,796
294361146,7689,879
294366146,4639,953
295372145,84910,018
295380146,69310,099

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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