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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 BarbadosMaltaAlbaniaIceland
2733873,085277
2743903,065281
2753933,047285
2763963,038288
2783983,026289
2794013,014293
2804042,998296
2814052,979304
2824062,957311
2834092,934319
2854122,915319
2864142,900318
2874162,892319
2884202,888321
2894262,882324
2904352,876327
2914452,868331
2914552,863335
2924682,861343
2934852,854353
2945042,842361
2945162,825366
2955182,799372
2955302,787380

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, Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.