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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 FasoParaguay
27327711,0755,366
27428111,4055,473
27528511,8285,579
27628812,3805,683
27828912,8295,786
27929313,1785,886
28029613,5405,984
28130413,9176,080
28231114,3096,173
28331914,7226,264
28531915,1526,352
28631815,6006,438
28731916,0646,522
28832116,5636,605
28932417,0726,688
29032717,5756,769
29133118,0946,850
29133518,6216,930
29234319,1577,012
29335319,6987,095
29436120,2427,179
29436620,7887,263
29537221,3367,348
29538021,8897,432

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