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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 IcelandAlbaniaBurkina FasoEthiopia
2773,08511,07563,575
2813,06511,40565,213
2853,04711,82866,889
2883,03812,38068,649
2893,02612,82970,491
2933,01413,17872,389
2962,99813,54074,327
3042,97913,91776,326
3112,95714,30978,411
3192,93414,72280,564
3192,91515,15282,787
3182,90015,60085,096
3192,89216,06487,530
3212,88816,56390,066
3242,88217,07292,632
3272,87617,57595,337
3312,86818,09498,114
3352,86318,621100,858
3432,86119,157103,654
3532,85419,698106,466
3612,84220,242109,267
3662,82520,788112,100
3722,79921,336114,964
3802,78721,889117,924

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 Albania, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.