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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 FasoIcelandSudan
11,07527726,168
11,40528126,771
11,82828527,387
12,38028828,017
12,82928928,662
13,17829329,321
13,54029629,996
13,91730430,686
14,30931131,393
14,72231932,137
15,15231933,078
15,60031833,891
16,06431934,568
16,56332135,293
17,07232436,093
17,57532737,058
18,09433138,165
18,62133539,294
19,15734340,512
19,69835341,764
20,24236142,952
20,78836644,121
21,33637245,290
21,88938046,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.