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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 BarbadosIcelandSenegalSudan
27327710,07026,168
27428110,30526,771
27528510,57627,387
27628810,86428,017
27828911,17228,662
27929311,49829,321
28029611,83929,996
28130412,20430,686
28231112,58431,393
28331912,97832,137
28531913,38233,078
28631813,79433,891
28731914,22634,568
28832114,66835,293
28932415,12136,093
29032715,58937,058
29133116,06638,165
29133516,54939,294
29234317,04440,512
29335317,53541,764
29436118,02142,952
29436618,51844,121
29537219,01645,290
29538019,51246,498

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