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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 FasoPhilippinesLuxembourg
27711,07579,346433
28111,40581,131438
28511,82883,023443
28812,38084,876448
28912,82986,697454
29313,17888,568460
29613,54090,418467
30413,91792,253474
31114,30994,098482
31914,72295,923491
31915,15297,627500
31815,60099,317509
31916,064100,999521
32116,563102,618533
32417,072104,299547
32717,575106,076560
33118,094107,868571
33518,621109,493586
34319,157111,094599
35319,698112,843610
36120,242114,636623
36620,788117,026633
37221,336119,473643
38021,889121,234651

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