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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 FasoIcelandNorth Korea
11,07527722,594
11,40528122,785
11,82828522,977
12,38028823,165
12,82928923,330
13,17829323,477
13,54029623,621
13,91730423,764
14,30931123,908
14,72231924,051
15,15231924,191
15,60031824,326
16,06431924,457
16,56332124,589
17,07232424,720
17,57532724,852
18,09433124,983
18,62133525,115
19,15734325,248
19,69835325,381
20,24236125,497
20,78836625,608
21,33637225,711
21,88938025,808

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.

North Korea

  • 1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • 1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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