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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 BarbadosIcelandUgandaLithuania
27327723,4083,419
27428124,1953,395
27528524,9923,367
27628825,8463,340
27828926,6613,313
27929327,4143,276
28029628,2003,223
28130429,0213,172
28231129,8463,134
28331930,6473,102
28531931,4693,068
28631832,3433,004
28731933,2572,937
28832134,2342,898
28932435,2712,869
29032736,4192,844
29133137,6732,818
29133539,1572,782
29234340,8792,744
29335342,3292,718
29436143,6392,710
29436645,1202,711
29537246,6452,724
29538048,0652,748

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