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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanNiger
27327726,16810,424
27428126,77110,785
27528527,38711,170
27628828,01711,580
27828928,66212,015
27929329,32112,472
28029629,99612,954
28130430,68613,459
28231131,39313,986
28331932,13714,532
28531933,07815,092
28631833,89115,669
28731934,56816,263
28832135,29316,903
28932436,09317,569
29032737,05818,242
29133138,16518,957
29133539,29419,708
29234340,51220,462
29335341,76421,228
29436142,95222,023
29436644,12122,842
29537245,29023,691
29538046,49824,587

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