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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanDjibouti
27327726,168646
27428126,771669
27528527,387693
27628828,017716
27828928,662691
27929329,321657
28029629,996666
28130430,686679
28231131,393694
28331932,137709
28531933,078725
28631833,891741
28731934,568757
28832135,293774
28932436,093792
29032737,058810
29133138,165828
29133539,294847
29234340,512865
29335341,764884
29436142,952898
29436644,121912
29537245,290924
29538046,498937

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.

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