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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 IcelandBarbadosBurkina FasoHaiti
27727311,0758,121
28127411,4058,279
28527511,8288,430
28827612,3808,580
28927812,8298,739
29327913,1788,900
29628013,5409,061
30428113,9179,216
31128214,3099,364
31928314,7229,508
31928515,1529,652
31828615,6009,553
31928716,0649,670
32128816,5639,793
32428917,0729,922
32729017,57510,047
33129118,09410,254
33529118,62110,486
34329219,15710,647
35329319,69810,788
36129420,24210,933
36629420,78811,077
37229521,33611,215
38029521,88911,349

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