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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 BarbadosIcelandYemenHonduras
27327716,7286,198
27428117,2366,367
27528517,7626,535
27628818,3106,698
27828918,8556,863
27929319,4107,028
28029620,0007,194
28130420,6117,359
28231121,2367,522
28331921,8787,682
28531922,5337,839
28631823,1957,991
28731923,8808,141
28832124,5948,288
28932425,3118,429
29032726,0208,546
29133126,6988,661
29133527,3478,770
29234327,9858,878
29335328,6089,002
29436129,2169,154
29436629,8119,304
29537230,3999,448
29538031,0589,590

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