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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IsraelBarbadosBosnia & Herzegovina
5,9272733,811
6,0882743,901
6,2362753,919
6,3662763,923
6,4842783,940
6,6032793,975
6,7232803,991
6,8462813,993
6,9722823,990
7,1002833,987
7,2262853,985
7,3602863,983
7,4982873,980
7,6372883,977
7,7812893,973
7,9312903,968
8,0912913,963
8,2512913,957
8,4122923,951
8,5762933,944
8,7422943,937
8,8992943,929
9,0472953,921
9,1882953,876

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.

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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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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