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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandUgandaPalestinian Territories
27723,4082,996
28124,1953,075
28524,9923,155
28825,8463,235
28926,6613,315
29327,4143,396
29628,2003,478
30429,0213,559
31129,8463,642
31930,6473,727
31931,4693,817
31832,3433,907
31933,2573,997
32134,2344,088
32435,2714,178
32736,4194,269
33137,6734,359
33539,1574,451
34340,8794,533
35342,3294,615
36143,6394,715
36645,1204,820
37246,6454,930
38048,0655,042

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.