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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 BarbadosIcelandUgandaCambodia
27327723,40812,122
27428124,19512,317
27528524,99212,504
27628825,84612,691
27828926,66112,881
27929327,41413,076
28029628,20013,276
28130429,02113,461
28231129,84613,630
28331930,64713,808
28531931,46913,990
28631832,34314,162
28731933,25714,322
28832134,23414,480
28932435,27114,637
29032736,41914,793
29133137,67314,994
29133539,15715,238
29234340,87915,480
29335342,32915,717
29436143,63915,944
29436645,12016,149
29537246,64516,338
29538048,06516,514

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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