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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 IcelandBarbadosCzechia
27727310,230
28127410,220
28527510,172
28827610,148
28927810,149
29327910,154
29628010,182
30428110,214
31128210,270
31928310,376
31928510,438
31828610,463
31928710,443
32128810,455
32428910,457
32729010,471
33129110,489
33529110,511
34329210,535
35329310,572
36129410,615
36629410,645
37229510,642
38029510,635

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