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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 FasoOmanBarbados
27711,0752,348273
28111,4052,403274
28511,8282,457275
28812,3802,510276
28912,8292,562278
29313,1782,613279
29613,5402,663280
30413,9172,713281
31114,3092,764282
31914,7222,816283
31915,1522,871285
31815,6002,928286
31916,0642,986287
32116,5633,047288
32417,0723,110289
32717,5753,174290
33118,0943,240291
33518,6213,307291
34319,1573,375292
35319,6983,444293
36120,2423,512294
36620,7883,582294
37221,3363,651295
38021,8893,696295

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