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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 BarbadosIcelandLuxembourgBurkina Faso
27327743311,075
27428143811,405
27528544311,828
27628844812,380
27828945412,829
27929346013,178
28029646713,540
28130447413,917
28231148214,309
28331949114,722
28531950015,152
28631850915,600
28731952116,064
28832153316,563
28932454717,072
29032756017,575
29133157118,094
29133558618,621
29234359919,157
29335361019,698
29436162320,242
29436663320,788
29537264321,336
29538065121,889

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, Luxembourg, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.