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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 FasoQatarIceland
27311,075627277
27411,405659281
27511,828691285
27612,380724288
27812,829757289
27913,178850293
28013,5401,001296
28113,9171,153304
28214,3091,306311
28314,7221,460319
28515,1521,615319
28615,6001,770318
28716,0641,904319
28816,5632,010321
28917,0722,103324
29017,5752,187327
29118,0942,261331
29118,6212,326335
29219,1572,384343
29319,6982,435353
29420,2422,480361
29420,7882,519366
29521,3362,553372
29521,8892,559380

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