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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 FasoSão Tomé & Príncipe
27711,075138
28111,405141
28511,828144
28812,380147
28912,829151
29313,178154
29613,540158
30413,917161
31114,309165
31914,722168
31915,152172
31815,600176
31916,064180
32116,563183
32417,072187
32717,575190
33118,094194
33518,621198
34319,157201
35319,698204
36120,242208
36620,788212
37221,336216
38021,889220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.