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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 BarbadosIcelandEswatiniSudan
2732771,03326,168
2742811,03226,771
2752851,03027,387
2762881,02828,017
2782891,02628,662
2792931,02529,321
2802961,02329,996
2813041,02130,686
2823111,01931,393
2833191,01732,137
2853191,01733,078
2863181,01933,891
2873191,02434,568
2883211,03235,293
2893241,04136,093
2903271,05137,058
2913311,06038,165
2913351,06939,294
2923431,07840,512
2933531,08741,764
2943611,09642,952
2943661,10644,121
2953721,11745,290
2953801,12646,498

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