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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 BarbadosIcelandThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
27327759,7483,811
27428160,1653,901
27528560,7463,919
27628861,3233,923
27828961,8843,940
27929362,4253,975
28029662,9563,991
28130463,4673,993
28231163,9373,990
28331964,3813,987
28531964,8043,985
28631865,2083,983
28731965,5993,980
28832165,9703,977
28932466,3323,973
29032766,6733,968
29133166,9753,963
29133567,2503,957
29234367,5063,951
29335367,7503,944
29436167,9753,937
29436668,1803,929
29537268,3663,921
29538068,4573,876

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.

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.