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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 FasoEstonia
27327711,0751,378
27428111,4051,400
27528511,8281,391
27628812,3801,382
27828912,8291,374
27929313,1781,365
28029613,5401,357
28130413,9171,349
28231114,3091,341
28331914,7221,337
28531915,1521,334
28631815,6001,332
28731916,0641,328
28832116,5631,324
28932417,0721,319
29032717,5751,314
29133118,0941,312
29133518,6211,314
29234319,1571,314
29335319,6981,318
29436120,2421,323
29436620,7881,327
29537221,3361,329
29538021,8891,330

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