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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 BarbadosIcelandEl SalvadorParaguay
2732775,7675,366
2742815,8255,473
2752855,8565,579
2762885,8695,683
2782895,8805,786
2792935,8885,886
2802965,8995,984
2813045,9066,080
2823115,9116,173
2833195,9346,264
2853195,9546,352
2863185,9676,438
2873195,9846,522
2883216,0336,605
2893246,1216,688
2903276,1796,769
2913316,2056,850
2913356,2486,930
2923436,3047,012
2933536,3687,095
2943616,3727,179
2943666,3857,263
2953726,4077,348
2953806,4297,432

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.

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