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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 BarbadosIcelandThailandCroatia
27327759,7484,377
27428160,1654,334
27528560,7464,171
27628861,3234,176
27828961,8844,176
27929362,4254,179
28029662,9564,182
28130463,4674,183
28231163,9374,183
28331964,3814,181
28531964,8044,177
28631865,2084,167
28731965,5994,154
28832165,9704,141
28932466,3324,126
29032766,6734,109
29133166,9754,081
29133567,2504,047
29234367,5064,006
29335367,7503,968
29436167,9753,945
29436668,1803,925
29537268,3663,839
29538068,4573,790

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

Croatia

  • 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.