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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 BarbadosIcelandBurkina FasoCentral African Republic
27327711,0753,889
27428111,4053,980
27528511,8284,054
27628812,3804,128
27828912,8294,215
27929313,1784,289
28029613,5404,363
28130413,9174,449
28231114,3094,544
28331914,7224,641
28531915,1524,742
28631815,6004,845
28731916,0644,950
28832116,5635,057
28932417,0725,167
29032717,5755,278
29133118,0945,392
29133518,6215,507
29234319,1575,625
29335319,6985,745
29436120,2425,874
29436620,7886,025
29537221,3366,154
29538021,8896,291

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.

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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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.