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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 FasoYemen
27327711,07516,728
27428111,40517,236
27528511,82817,762
27628812,38018,310
27828912,82918,855
27929313,17819,410
28029613,54020,000
28130413,91720,611
28231114,30921,236
28331914,72221,878
28531915,15222,533
28631815,60023,195
28731916,06423,880
28832116,56324,594
28932417,07225,311
29032717,57526,020
29133118,09426,698
29133518,62127,347
29234319,15727,985
29335319,69828,608
29436120,24229,216
29436620,78829,811
29537221,33630,399
29538021,88931,058

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