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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanSerbia
27327726,1687,611
27428126,7717,587
27528527,3877,574
27628828,0177,570
27828928,6627,551
27929329,3217,533
28029629,9967,510
28130430,6867,481
28231131,3937,451
28331932,1377,419
28531933,0787,389
28631833,8917,360
28731934,5687,304
28832135,2937,269
28932436,0937,234
29032737,0587,199
29133138,1657,162
29133539,2947,124
29234340,5127,087
29335341,7647,048
29436142,9527,010
29436644,1216,964
29537245,2906,898
29538046,4986,833

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.

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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