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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 BarbadosIcelandSenegalMoldova
27327710,0704,244
27428110,3054,199
27528510,5764,154
27628810,8644,108
27828911,1724,059
27929311,4984,013
28029611,8393,966
28130412,2043,919
28231112,5843,873
28331912,9783,829
28531913,3823,788
28631813,7943,748
28731914,2263,709
28832114,6683,671
28932415,1213,633
29032715,5893,595
29133116,0663,558
29133516,5493,522
29234317,0443,485
29335317,5353,448
29436118,0213,412
29436618,5183,376
29537219,0163,339
29538019,5123,570

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