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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 IcelandSudanUnited Arab EmiratesBarbados
27726,1683,101273
28126,7713,284274
28527,3873,458275
28828,0173,613276
28928,6623,754278
29329,3213,882279
29629,9964,000280
30430,6864,532281
31131,3935,623282
31932,1377,277283
31933,0788,164285
31833,8918,152286
31934,5688,438287
32135,2938,747288
32436,0939,077289
32737,0589,321290
33138,1659,461291
33539,2949,587291
34340,5129,699292
35341,7649,796293
36142,9529,879294
36644,1219,953294
37245,29010,018295
38046,49810,099295

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.

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