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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 BarbadosLuxembourgIsraelAlbania
2734335,9273,085
2744386,0883,065
2754436,2363,047
2764486,3663,038
2784546,4843,026
2794606,6033,014
2804676,7232,998
2814746,8462,979
2824826,9722,957
2834917,1002,934
2855007,2262,915
2865097,3602,900
2875217,4982,892
2885337,6372,888
2895477,7812,882
2905607,9312,876
2915718,0912,868
2915868,2512,863
2925998,4122,861
2936108,5762,854
2946238,7422,842
2946338,8992,825
2956439,0472,799
2956519,1882,787

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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