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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 FasoMoldovaIceland
11,0754,244277
11,4054,199281
11,8284,154285
12,3804,108288
12,8294,059289
13,1784,013293
13,5403,966296
13,9173,919304
14,3093,873311
14,7223,829319
15,1523,788319
15,6003,748318
16,0643,709319
16,5633,671321
17,0723,633324
17,5753,595327
18,0943,558331
18,6213,522335
19,1573,485343
19,6983,448353
20,2423,412361
20,7883,376366
21,3363,339372
21,8893,570380

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