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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 IcelandSenegalRomaniaBarbados
27710,07022,414273
28110,30522,262274
28510,57622,106275
28810,86421,931276
28911,17221,828278
29311,49821,704279
29611,83921,571280
30412,20421,443281
31112,58421,129282
31912,97820,779283
31913,38220,607285
31813,79420,485286
31914,22620,385287
32114,66820,296288
32415,12120,224289
32715,58920,151290
33116,06620,055291
33516,54919,938291
34317,04419,823292
35317,53519,713293
36118,02119,622294
36618,51819,496294
37219,01619,351295
38019,51219,266295

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