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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 BarbadosIcelandSenegalParaguay
27327710,0705,366
27428110,3055,473
27528510,5765,579
27628810,8645,683
27828911,1725,786
27929311,4985,886
28029611,8395,984
28130412,2046,080
28231112,5846,173
28331912,9786,264
28531913,3826,352
28631813,7946,438
28731914,2266,522
28832114,6686,605
28932415,1216,688
29032715,5896,769
29133116,0666,850
29133516,5496,930
29234317,0447,012
29335317,5357,095
29436118,0217,179
29436618,5187,263
29537219,0167,348
29538019,5127,432

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