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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 IcelandBarbadosRomaniaHaiti
27727322,4148,121
28127422,2628,279
28527522,1068,430
28827621,9318,580
28927821,8288,739
29327921,7048,900
29628021,5719,061
30428121,4439,216
31128221,1299,364
31928320,7799,508
31928520,6079,652
31828620,4859,553
31928720,3859,670
32128820,2969,793
32428920,2249,922
32729020,15110,047
33129120,05510,254
33529119,93810,486
34329219,82310,647
35329319,71310,788
36129419,62210,933
36629419,49611,077
37229519,35111,215
38029519,26611,349

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