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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 FasoMorocco
27711,07528,400
28111,40528,744
28511,82829,094
28812,38029,447
28912,82929,806
29313,17830,169
29613,54030,552
30413,91730,953
31114,30931,354
31914,72231,754
31915,15232,154
31815,60032,553
31916,06432,951
32116,56333,346
32417,07233,737
32717,57534,124
33118,09434,511
33518,62134,898
34319,15735,279
35319,69835,653
36120,24236,018
36620,78836,375
37221,33636,723
38021,88937,101

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