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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 IcelandBarbadosSudanBosnia & Herzegovina
27727326,1683,811
28127426,7713,901
28527527,3873,919
28827628,0173,923
28927828,6623,940
29327929,3213,975
29628029,9963,991
30428130,6863,993
31128231,3933,990
31928332,1373,987
31928533,0783,985
31828633,8913,983
31928734,5683,980
32128835,2933,977
32428936,0933,973
32729037,0583,968
33129138,1653,963
33529139,2943,957
34329240,5123,951
35329341,7643,944
36129442,9523,937
36629444,1213,929
37229545,2903,921
38029546,4983,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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