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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 BarbadosIcelandYemenEswatini
27327716,7281,033
27428117,2361,032
27528517,7621,030
27628818,3101,028
27828918,8551,026
27929319,4101,025
28029620,0001,023
28130420,6111,021
28231121,2361,019
28331921,8781,017
28531922,5331,017
28631823,1951,019
28731923,8801,024
28832124,5941,032
28932425,3111,041
29032726,0201,051
29133126,6981,060
29133527,3471,069
29234327,9851,078
29335328,6081,087
29436129,2161,096
29436629,8111,106
29537230,3991,117
29538031,0581,126

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