Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

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 IcelandSenegalBurkina FasoParaguay
27710,07011,0755,366
28110,30511,4055,473
28510,57611,8285,579
28810,86412,3805,683
28911,17212,8295,786
29311,49813,1785,886
29611,83913,5405,984
30412,20413,9176,080
31112,58414,3096,173
31912,97814,7226,264
31913,38215,1526,352
31813,79415,6006,438
31914,22616,0646,522
32114,66816,5636,605
32415,12117,0726,688
32715,58917,5756,769
33116,06618,0946,850
33516,54918,6216,930
34317,04419,1577,012
35317,53519,6987,095
36118,02120,2427,179
36618,51820,7887,263
37219,01621,3367,348
38019,51221,8897,432

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.

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