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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 Burkina FasoIcelandCongo - Kinshasa
11,07527751,181
11,40528152,782
11,82828554,453
12,38028856,170
12,82928957,860
13,17829359,599
13,54029661,474
13,91730463,479
14,30931165,590
14,72231967,800
15,15231970,114
15,60031872,550
16,06431975,138
16,56332177,792
17,07232480,534
17,57532783,368
18,09433186,229
18,62133589,193
19,15734392,209
19,69835395,232
20,24236198,320
20,788366101,499
21,336372104,767
21,889380108,171

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.

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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

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