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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 IcelandBurkina FasoAngola
27711,07511,334
28111,40511,676
28511,82812,030
28812,38012,443
28912,82912,936
29313,17813,480
29613,54014,012
30413,91714,535
31114,30915,084
31914,72215,658
31915,15216,260
31815,60016,885
31916,06417,525
32116,56318,202
32417,07218,908
32717,57519,624
33118,09420,354
33518,62121,098
34319,15721,859
35319,69822,638
36120,24223,437
36620,78824,253
37221,33625,089
38021,88925,878

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