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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 FasoSudan
27327711,07526,168
27428111,40526,771
27528511,82827,387
27628812,38028,017
27828912,82928,662
27929313,17829,321
28029613,54029,996
28130413,91730,686
28231114,30931,393
28331914,72232,137
28531915,15233,078
28631815,60033,891
28731916,06434,568
28832116,56335,293
28932417,07236,093
29032717,57537,058
29133118,09438,165
29133518,62139,294
29234319,15740,512
29335319,69841,764
29436120,24242,952
29436620,78844,121
29537221,33645,290
29538021,88946,498

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