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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 FasoMoldova
27327711,0754,244
27428111,4054,199
27528511,8284,154
27628812,3804,108
27828912,8294,059
27929313,1784,013
28029613,5403,966
28130413,9173,919
28231114,3093,873
28331914,7223,829
28531915,1523,788
28631815,6003,748
28731916,0643,709
28832116,5633,671
28932417,0723,633
29032717,5753,595
29133118,0943,558
29133518,6213,522
29234319,1573,485
29335319,6983,448
29436120,2423,412
29436620,7883,376
29537221,3363,339
29538021,8893,570

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