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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 FasoLuxembourg
27779,34611,075433
28181,13111,405438
28583,02311,828443
28884,87612,380448
28986,69712,829454
29388,56813,178460
29690,41813,540467
30492,25313,917474
31194,09814,309482
31995,92314,722491
31997,62715,152500
31899,31715,600509
319100,99916,064521
321102,61816,563533
324104,29917,072547
327106,07617,575560
331107,86818,094571
335109,49318,621586
343111,09419,157599
353112,84319,698610
361114,63620,242623
366117,02620,788633
372119,47321,336643
380121,23421,889651

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.