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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 FasoTanzania
27327711,07532,912
27428111,40533,953
27528511,82834,974
27628812,38036,021
27828912,82937,100
27929313,17838,167
28029613,54039,262
28130413,91740,387
28231114,30941,557
28331914,72242,741
28531915,15243,889
28631815,60045,132
28731916,06446,531
28832116,56347,965
28932417,07249,437
29032717,57550,965
29133118,09452,604
29133518,62154,336
29234319,15756,062
29335319,69857,765
29436120,24259,465
29436620,78861,191
29537221,33662,944
29538021,88964,835

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