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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 FasoOmanIceland
11,0752,348277
11,4052,403281
11,8282,457285
12,3802,510288
12,8292,562289
13,1782,613293
13,5402,663296
13,9172,713304
14,3092,764311
14,7222,816319
15,1522,871319
15,6002,928318
16,0642,986319
16,5633,047321
17,0723,110324
17,5753,174327
18,0943,240331
18,6213,307335
19,1573,375343
19,6983,444353
20,2423,512361
20,7883,582366
21,3363,651372
21,8893,696380

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