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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 BarbadosIcelandTrinidad & TobagoUnited Arab Emirates
2732771,3013,101
2742811,3033,284
2752851,3083,458
2762881,3143,613
2782891,3203,754
2792931,3263,882
2802961,3324,000
2813041,3384,532
2823111,3445,623
2833191,3527,277
2853191,3598,164
2863181,3658,152
2873191,3728,438
2883211,3798,747
2893241,3869,077
2903271,3929,321
2913311,3999,461
2913351,4059,587
2923431,4119,699
2933531,4369,796
2943611,4529,879
2943661,4489,953
2953721,45010,018
2953801,45610,099

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.