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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 FasoHaiti
27711,0758,121
28111,4058,279
28511,8288,430
28812,3808,580
28912,8298,739
29313,1788,900
29613,5409,061
30413,9179,216
31114,3099,364
31914,7229,508
31915,1529,652
31815,6009,553
31916,0649,670
32116,5639,793
32417,0729,922
32717,57510,047
33118,09410,254
33518,62110,486
34319,15710,647
35319,69810,788
36120,24210,933
36620,78811,077
37221,33611,215
38021,88911,349

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