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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PortugalBurkina FasoBarbados
10,14411,075273
10,21511,405274
10,28811,828275
10,34412,380276
10,38312,829278
10,40813,178279
10,42713,540280
10,44613,917281
10,46714,309282
10,48214,722283
10,49215,152285
10,49715,600286
10,48116,064287
10,43916,563288
10,38217,072289
10,32617,575290
10,28318,094291
10,25118,621291
10,22619,157292
10,20919,698293
10,21220,242294
10,22320,788294
10,21421,336295
10,20021,889295

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.

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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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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