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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 BarbadosIcelandThailandOman
27327759,7482,348
27428160,1652,403
27528560,7462,457
27628861,3232,510
27828961,8842,562
27929362,4252,613
28029662,9562,663
28130463,4672,713
28231163,9372,764
28331964,3812,816
28531964,8042,871
28631865,2082,928
28731965,5992,986
28832165,9703,047
28932466,3323,110
29032766,6733,174
29133166,9753,240
29133567,2503,307
29234367,5063,375
29335367,7503,444
29436167,9753,512
29436668,1803,582
29537268,3663,651
29538068,4573,696

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

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