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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 IcelandBarbadosCambodiaMoldova
27727312,1224,244
28127412,3174,199
28527512,5044,154
28827612,6914,108
28927812,8814,059
29327913,0764,013
29628013,2763,966
30428113,4613,919
31128213,6303,873
31928313,8083,829
31928513,9903,788
31828614,1623,748
31928714,3223,709
32128814,4803,671
32428914,6373,633
32729014,7933,595
33129114,9943,558
33529115,2383,522
34329215,4803,485
35329315,7173,448
36129415,9443,412
36629416,1493,376
37229516,3383,339
38029516,5143,570

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, Cambodia, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.