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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 IcelandPhilippinesBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
27779,34611,07551,181
28181,13111,40552,782
28583,02311,82854,453
28884,87612,38056,170
28986,69712,82957,860
29388,56813,17859,599
29690,41813,54061,474
30492,25313,91763,479
31194,09814,30965,590
31995,92314,72267,800
31997,62715,15270,114
31899,31715,60072,550
319100,99916,06475,138
321102,61816,56377,792
324104,29917,07280,534
327106,07617,57583,368
331107,86818,09486,229
335109,49318,62189,193
343111,09419,15792,209
353112,84319,69895,232
361114,63620,24298,320
366117,02620,788101,499
372119,47321,336104,767
380121,23421,889108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.