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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 FasoAlgeria
27327711,07530,083
27428111,40530,515
27528511,82830,952
27628812,38031,397
27828912,82931,847
27929313,17832,320
28029613,54032,785
28130413,91733,286
28231114,30933,866
28331914,72234,480
28531915,15235,126
28631815,60035,805
28731916,06436,506
28832116,56337,215
28932417,07237,930
29032717,57538,650
29133118,09439,372
29133518,62140,087
29234319,15740,787
29335319,69841,471
29436120,24242,135
29436620,78842,779
29537221,33643,401
29538021,88944,114

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, Algeria; the database as a whole is cited above.