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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 BarbadosIcelandThailandUzbekistan
27327759,74824,701
27428160,16525,042
27528560,74625,372
27628861,32325,696
27828961,88425,992
27929362,42526,268
28029662,95626,540
28130463,46726,812
28231163,93727,081
28331964,38127,347
28531964,80427,609
28631865,20827,869
28731965,59928,132
28832165,97028,398
28932466,33228,666
29032766,67328,934
29133166,97529,205
29133567,25029,480
29234367,50629,756
29335367,75030,031
29436167,97530,305
29436668,18030,576
29537268,36630,843
29538068,45731,337

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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.