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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 BarbadosIcelandSudanYemen
27327726,16816,728
27428126,77117,236
27528527,38717,762
27628828,01718,310
27828928,66218,855
27929329,32119,410
28029629,99620,000
28130430,68620,611
28231131,39321,236
28331932,13721,878
28531933,07822,533
28631833,89123,195
28731934,56823,880
28832135,29324,594
28932436,09325,311
29032737,05826,020
29133138,16526,698
29133539,29427,347
29234340,51227,985
29335341,76428,608
29436142,95229,216
29436644,12129,811
29537245,29030,399
29538046,49831,058

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