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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 FasoOman
27727311,0752,348
28127411,4052,403
28527511,8282,457
28827612,3802,510
28927812,8292,562
29327913,1782,613
29628013,5402,663
30428113,9172,713
31128214,3092,764
31928314,7222,816
31928515,1522,871
31828615,6002,928
31928716,0642,986
32128816,5633,047
32428917,0723,110
32729017,5753,174
33129118,0943,240
33529118,6213,307
34329219,1573,375
35329319,6983,444
36129420,2423,512
36629420,7883,582
37229521,3363,651
38029521,8893,696

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