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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 FasoPhilippinesBarbados
27711,07579,346273
28111,40581,131274
28511,82883,023275
28812,38084,876276
28912,82986,697278
29313,17888,568279
29613,54090,418280
30413,91792,253281
31114,30994,098282
31914,72295,923283
31915,15297,627285
31815,60099,317286
31916,064100,999287
32116,563102,618288
32417,072104,299289
32717,575106,076290
33118,094107,868291
33518,621109,493291
34319,157111,094292
35319,698112,843293
36120,242114,636294
36620,788117,026294
37221,336119,473295
38021,889121,234295

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.