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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 IcelandBarbadosParaguayYemen
2772735,36616,728
2812745,47317,236
2852755,57917,762
2882765,68318,310
2892785,78618,855
2932795,88619,410
2962805,98420,000
3042816,08020,611
3112826,17321,236
3192836,26421,878
3192856,35222,533
3182866,43823,195
3192876,52223,880
3212886,60524,594
3242896,68825,311
3272906,76926,020
3312916,85026,698
3352916,93027,347
3432927,01227,985
3532937,09528,608
3612947,17929,216
3662947,26329,811
3722957,34830,399
3802957,43231,058

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, Paraguay, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.