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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 BarbadosIcelandYemenLithuania
27327716,7283,419
27428117,2363,395
27528517,7623,367
27628818,3103,340
27828918,8553,313
27929319,4103,276
28029620,0003,223
28130420,6113,172
28231121,2363,134
28331921,8783,102
28531922,5333,068
28631823,1953,004
28731923,8802,937
28832124,5942,898
28932425,3112,869
29032726,0202,844
29133126,6982,818
29133527,3472,782
29234327,9852,744
29335328,6082,718
29436129,2162,710
29436629,8112,711
29537230,3992,724
29538031,0582,748

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.

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