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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 TunisiaBurkina FasoIreland
9,41711,0753,757
9,51411,4053,807
9,61311,8283,866
9,71112,3803,934
9,81012,8294,000
9,90613,1784,070
9,99713,5404,163
10,08713,9174,273
10,17814,3094,403
10,27414,7224,499
10,37715,1524,542
10,49115,6004,563
10,61216,0644,581
10,73716,5634,600
10,86617,0724,623
10,99617,5754,655
11,12418,0944,699
11,24818,6214,752
11,36519,1574,805
11,47719,6984,864
11,58320,2424,930
11,68120,7884,983
11,77221,3365,022
11,86221,8895,118

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

Ireland

  • 1820, 1870, 1913: MPD 2013, Bolt and Van Zanden, 2014, The Maddison Project: collaborative research on historical national accounts. The Economic History Review, 67(3), 627–651
  • 1913-1926: P. Deane (1968), and Feinstein, 1972
  • 1926-1950: K.A. Kennedy, Productivity and Industrial Growth: The Irish Experience, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 3.

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