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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 IcelandHondurasRomaniaBarbados
2776,19822,414273
2816,36722,262274
2856,53522,106275
2886,69821,931276
2896,86321,828278
2937,02821,704279
2967,19421,571280
3047,35921,443281
3117,52221,129282
3197,68220,779283
3197,83920,607285
3187,99120,485286
3198,14120,385287
3218,28820,296288
3248,42920,224289
3278,54620,151290
3318,66120,055291
3358,77019,938291
3438,87819,823292
3539,00219,713293
3619,15419,622294
3669,30419,496294
3729,44819,351295
3809,59019,266295

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 Honduras, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.