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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 Burkina FasoIcelandOmanSeychelles
11,0752772,34878
11,4052812,40379
11,8282852,45780
12,3802882,51081
12,8292892,56282
13,1782932,61383
13,5402962,66384
13,9173042,71385
14,3093112,76486
14,7223192,81687
15,1523192,87187
15,6003182,92888
16,0643192,98689
16,5633213,04790
17,0723243,11091
17,5753273,17492
18,0943313,24092
18,6213353,30793
19,1573433,37594
19,6983533,44495
20,2423613,51296
20,7883663,58297
21,3363723,65198
21,8893803,69698

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.