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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 BarbadosIcelandSão Tomé & PríncipeBosnia & Herzegovina
2732771383,811
2742811413,901
2752851443,919
2762881473,923
2782891513,940
2792931543,975
2802961583,991
2813041613,993
2823111653,990
2833191683,987
2853191723,985
2863181763,983
2873191803,980
2883211833,977
2893241873,973
2903271903,968
2913311943,963
2913351983,957
2923432013,951
2933532043,944
2943612083,937
2943662123,929
2953722163,921
2953802203,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.