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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 IcelandBarbadosRomaniaHonduras
27727322,4146,198
28127422,2626,367
28527522,1066,535
28827621,9316,698
28927821,8286,863
29327921,7047,028
29628021,5717,194
30428121,4437,359
31128221,1297,522
31928320,7797,682
31928520,6077,839
31828620,4857,991
31928720,3858,141
32128820,2968,288
32428920,2248,429
32729020,1518,546
33129120,0558,661
33529119,9388,770
34329219,8238,878
35329319,7139,002
36129419,6229,154
36629419,4969,304
37229519,3519,448
38029519,2669,590

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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