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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 FasoLuxembourg
27711,075433
28111,405438
28511,828443
28812,380448
28912,829454
29313,178460
29613,540467
30413,917474
31114,309482
31914,722491
31915,152500
31815,600509
31916,064521
32116,563533
32417,072547
32717,575560
33118,094571
33518,621586
34319,157599
35319,698610
36120,242623
36620,788633
37221,336643
38021,889651

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