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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 BarbadosIcelandYemenDenmark
27327716,7285,322
27428117,2365,339
27528517,7625,358
27628818,3105,377
27828918,8555,391
27929319,4105,404
28029620,0005,420
28130420,6115,438
28231121,2365,461
28331921,8785,494
28531922,5335,524
28631823,1955,548
28731923,8805,571
28832124,5945,592
28932425,3115,614
29032726,0205,644
29133126,6985,683
29133527,3475,730
29234327,9855,766
29335328,6085,795
29436129,2165,818
29436629,8115,831
29537230,3995,855
29538031,0585,907

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, Yemen, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.