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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 BarbadosMaltaAlbaniaSingapore
2733873,0853,959
2743903,0654,028
2753933,0474,138
2763963,0384,176
2783983,0264,115
2794013,0144,167
2804042,9984,266
2814052,9794,401
2824062,9574,589
2834092,9344,839
2854122,9154,988
2864142,9005,077
2874162,8925,184
2884202,8885,312
2894262,8825,399
2904352,8765,470
2914452,8685,535
2914552,8635,607
2924682,8615,612
2934852,8545,639
2945042,8425,704
2945162,8255,686
2955182,7995,716
2955302,7875,750

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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