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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 BarbadosIcelandSenegalCambodia
27327710,07012,122
27428110,30512,317
27528510,57612,504
27628810,86412,691
27828911,17212,881
27929311,49813,076
28029611,83913,276
28130412,20413,461
28231112,58413,630
28331912,97813,808
28531913,38213,990
28631813,79414,162
28731914,22614,322
28832114,66814,480
28932415,12114,637
29032715,58914,793
29133116,06614,994
29133516,54915,238
29234317,04415,480
29335317,53515,717
29436118,02115,944
29436618,51816,149
29537219,01616,338
29538019,51216,514

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, Senegal, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.