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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 BarbadosIcelandPhilippinesBurkina Faso
27327779,34611,075
27428181,13111,405
27528583,02311,828
27628884,87612,380
27828986,69712,829
27929388,56813,178
28029690,41813,540
28130492,25313,917
28231194,09814,309
28331995,92314,722
28531997,62715,152
28631899,31715,600
287319100,99916,064
288321102,61816,563
289324104,29917,072
290327106,07617,575
291331107,86818,094
291335109,49318,621
292343111,09419,157
293353112,84319,698
294361114,63620,242
294366117,02620,788
295372119,47321,336
295380121,23421,889

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.