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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandBurkina FasoSudanSeychelles
27711,07526,16878
28111,40526,77179
28511,82827,38780
28812,38028,01781
28912,82928,66282
29313,17829,32183
29613,54029,99684
30413,91730,68685
31114,30931,39386
31914,72232,13787
31915,15233,07887
31815,60033,89188
31916,06434,56889
32116,56335,29390
32417,07236,09391
32717,57537,05892
33118,09438,16592
33518,62139,29493
34319,15740,51294
35319,69841,76495
36120,24242,95296
36620,78844,12197
37221,33645,29098
38021,88946,49898

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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.