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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 IcelandSudanParaguayBarbados
27726,1685,366273
28126,7715,473274
28527,3875,579275
28828,0175,683276
28928,6625,786278
29329,3215,886279
29629,9965,984280
30430,6866,080281
31131,3936,173282
31932,1376,264283
31933,0786,352285
31833,8916,438286
31934,5686,522287
32135,2936,605288
32436,0936,688289
32737,0586,769290
33138,1656,850291
33539,2946,930291
34340,5127,012292
35341,7647,095293
36142,9527,179294
36644,1217,263294
37245,2907,348295
38046,4987,432295

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