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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 BarbadosIcelandPuerto RicoBurkina Faso
2732773,80011,075
2742813,81111,405
2752853,81911,828
2762883,82412,380
2782893,82612,829
2792933,82713,178
2802963,82213,540
2813043,80513,917
2823113,78314,309
2833193,76114,722
2853193,74115,152
2863183,72215,600
2873193,67916,064
2883213,63616,563
2893243,58917,072
2903273,53417,575
2913313,47318,094
2913353,41118,621
2923433,35219,157
2933533,29519,698
2943613,26820,242
2943663,24720,788
2953723,23221,336
2953803,22821,889

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