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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 FasoSeychelles
27327711,07578
27428111,40579
27528511,82880
27628812,38081
27828912,82982
27929313,17883
28029613,54084
28130413,91785
28231114,30986
28331914,72287
28531915,15287
28631815,60088
28731916,06489
28832116,56390
28932417,07291
29032717,57592
29133118,09492
29133518,62193
29234319,15794
29335319,69895
29436120,24296
29436620,78897
29537221,33698
29538021,88998

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