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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 IcelandBangladeshBurkina Faso
277132,90711,075
281135,20711,405
285137,42011,828
288139,57312,380
289141,65012,829
293143,64413,178
296145,54613,540
304147,37613,917
311149,04714,309
319150,56214,722
319152,18915,152
318153,92715,600
319155,63416,064
321157,32616,563
324158,99917,072
327160,65017,575
331162,27318,094
335163,93818,621
343165,65519,157
353167,35819,698
361169,04520,242
366170,70920,788
372172,35421,336
380174,21721,889

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.