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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 BarbadosBurkina FasoPhilippinesIceland
27311,07579,346277
27411,40581,131281
27511,82883,023285
27612,38084,876288
27812,82986,697289
27913,17888,568293
28013,54090,418296
28113,91792,253304
28214,30994,098311
28314,72295,923319
28515,15297,627319
28615,60099,317318
28716,064100,999319
28816,563102,618321
28917,072104,299324
29017,575106,076327
29118,094107,868331
29118,621109,493335
29219,157111,094343
29319,698112,843353
29420,242114,636361
29420,788117,026366
29521,336119,473372
29521,889121,234380

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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