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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 & TobagoBangladesh
2732771,301132,907
2742811,303135,207
2752851,308137,420
2762881,314139,573
2782891,320141,650
2792931,326143,644
2802961,332145,546
2813041,338147,376
2823111,344149,047
2833191,352150,562
2853191,359152,189
2863181,365153,927
2873191,372155,634
2883211,379157,326
2893241,386158,999
2903271,392160,650
2913311,399162,273
2913351,405163,938
2923431,411165,655
2933531,436167,358
2943611,452169,045
2943661,448170,709
2953721,450172,354
2953801,456174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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