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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 IcelandBurkina FasoAzerbaijanBarbados
27711,0758,056273
28111,4058,127274
28511,8288,194275
28812,3808,257276
28912,8298,319278
29313,1788,391279
29613,5408,475280
30413,9178,565281
31114,3098,657282
31914,7228,750283
31915,1528,842285
31815,6008,933286
31916,0649,025287
32116,5639,117288
32417,0729,210289
32717,5759,302290
33118,0949,393291
33518,6219,481291
34319,1579,567292
35319,6989,649293
36120,2429,727294
36620,7889,802294
37221,3369,874295
38021,8899,918295

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