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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 BarbadosOmanIcelandMalta
2732,348277387
2742,403281390
2752,457285393
2762,510288396
2782,562289398
2792,613293401
2802,663296404
2812,713304405
2822,764311406
2832,816319409
2852,871319412
2862,928318414
2872,986319416
2883,047321420
2893,110324426
2903,174327435
2913,240331445
2913,307335455
2923,375343468
2933,444353485
2943,512361504
2943,582366516
2953,651372518
2953,696380530

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