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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 BarbadosIcelandThailandSerbia
27327759,7487,611
27428160,1657,587
27528560,7467,574
27628861,3237,570
27828961,8847,551
27929362,4257,533
28029662,9567,510
28130463,4677,481
28231163,9377,451
28331964,3817,419
28531964,8047,389
28631865,2087,360
28731965,5997,304
28832165,9707,269
28932466,3327,234
29032766,6737,199
29133166,9757,162
29133567,2507,124
29234367,5067,087
29335367,7507,048
29436167,9757,010
29436668,1806,964
29537268,3666,898
29538068,4576,833

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

Serbia

  • 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.