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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 FasoGeorgia
27711,0754,848
28111,4054,814
28511,8284,789
28812,3804,771
28912,8294,746
29313,1784,739
29613,5404,786
30413,9174,826
31114,3094,820
31914,7224,819
31915,1524,851
31815,6004,898
31916,0644,934
32116,5634,946
32417,0724,938
32717,5754,931
33118,0944,927
33518,6214,924
34319,1574,922
35319,6984,922
36120,2424,923
36620,7884,926
37221,3364,929
38021,8894,911

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