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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 BarbadosIcelandRussiaOman
273277147,2182,348
274281146,6002,403
275285145,9802,457
276288145,3102,510
278289144,6522,562
279293144,0712,613
280296143,5222,663
281304143,0532,713
282311142,8092,764
283319142,7462,816
285319142,7892,871
286318142,8532,928
287319142,9642,986
288321143,2053,047
289324143,5103,110
290327146,0943,174
291331146,4103,240
291335146,6783,307
292343146,8463,375
293353146,8343,444
294361146,7683,512
294366146,4633,582
295372145,8493,651
295380146,6933,696

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