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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 BarbadosCambodiaOmanIceland
27312,1222,348277
27412,3172,403281
27512,5042,457285
27612,6912,510288
27812,8812,562289
27913,0762,613293
28013,2762,663296
28113,4612,713304
28213,6302,764311
28313,8082,816319
28513,9902,871319
28614,1622,928318
28714,3222,986319
28814,4803,047321
28914,6373,110324
29014,7933,174327
29114,9943,240331
29115,2383,307335
29215,4803,375343
29315,7173,444353
29415,9443,512361
29416,1493,582366
29516,3383,651372
29516,5143,696380

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, Cambodia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.