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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanMoldova
27327726,1684,244
27428126,7714,199
27528527,3874,154
27628828,0174,108
27828928,6624,059
27929329,3214,013
28029629,9963,966
28130430,6863,919
28231131,3933,873
28331932,1373,829
28531933,0783,788
28631833,8913,748
28731934,5683,709
28832135,2933,671
28932436,0933,633
29032737,0583,595
29133138,1653,558
29133539,2943,522
29234340,5123,485
29335341,7643,448
29436142,9523,412
29436644,1213,376
29537245,2903,339
29538046,4983,570

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