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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 BarbadosYemenIcelandSerbia
27316,7282777,611
27417,2362817,587
27517,7622857,574
27618,3102887,570
27818,8552897,551
27919,4102937,533
28020,0002967,510
28120,6113047,481
28221,2363117,451
28321,8783197,419
28522,5333197,389
28623,1953187,360
28723,8803197,304
28824,5943217,269
28925,3113247,234
29026,0203277,199
29126,6983317,162
29127,3473357,124
29227,9853437,087
29328,6083537,048
29429,2163617,010
29429,8113666,964
29530,3993726,898
29531,0583806,833

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.

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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