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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 BarbadosYemenBurkina FasoIceland
27316,72811,075277
27417,23611,405281
27517,76211,828285
27618,31012,380288
27818,85512,829289
27919,41013,178293
28020,00013,540296
28120,61113,917304
28221,23614,309311
28321,87814,722319
28522,53315,152319
28623,19515,600318
28723,88016,064319
28824,59416,563321
28925,31117,072324
29026,02017,575327
29126,69818,094331
29127,34718,621335
29227,98519,157343
29328,60819,698353
29429,21620,242361
29429,81120,788366
29530,39921,336372
29531,05821,889380

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