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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Norway | Malawi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 4,463 | 11,310 | |
| 274 | 4,492 | 11,658 | |
| 275 | 4,515 | 12,020 | |
| 276 | 4,539 | 12,395 | |
| 278 | 4,566 | 12,786 | |
| 279 | 4,593 | 13,196 | |
| 280 | 4,624 | 13,625 | |
| 281 | 4,662 | 14,072 | |
| 282 | 4,710 | 14,539 | |
| 283 | 4,769 | 15,026 | |
| 285 | 4,830 | 15,525 | |
| 286 | 4,890 | 16,028 | |
| 287 | 4,954 | 16,534 | |
| 288 | 5,020 | 17,042 | |
| 289 | 5,081 | 17,551 | |
| 290 | 5,138 | 18,060 | |
| 291 | 5,191 | 18,571 | |
| 291 | 5,237 | 19,086 | |
| 292 | 5,278 | 19,603 | |
| 293 | 5,313 | 20,122 | |
| 294 | 5,349 | 20,640 | |
| 294 | 5,380 | 21,159 | |
| 295 | 5,409 | 21,677 | |
| 295 | 5,458 | 22,239 |
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.
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
Norway
- 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
- 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995
Malawi
- 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.
No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.