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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 IcelandBarbadosAlbania
2772733,085
2812743,065
2852753,047
2882763,038
2892783,026
2932793,014
2962802,998
3042812,979
3112822,957
3192832,934
3192852,915
3182862,900
3192872,892
3212882,888
3242892,882
3272902,876
3312912,868
3352912,863
3432922,861
3532932,854
3612942,842
3662942,825
3722952,799
3802952,787

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

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.