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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 IcelandLebanonBurkina FasoPhilippines
2773,46011,07579,346
2813,49911,40581,131
2853,55411,82883,023
2883,61012,38084,876
2893,66512,82986,697
2933,72113,17888,568
2963,77713,54090,418
3043,85313,91792,253
3113,95414,30994,098
3194,03614,72295,923
3194,08215,15297,627
3184,09715,60099,317
3194,11516,064100,999
3214,20616,563102,618
3244,69617,072104,299
3275,36517,575106,076
3315,64018,094107,868
3355,68818,621109,493
3435,68019,157111,094
3535,56219,698112,843
3615,33120,242114,636
3664,98620,788117,026
3724,80221,336119,473
3804,71321,889121,234

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.