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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 IcelandChileSierra Leone
27715,1403,736
28115,3403,809
28515,5134,043
28815,6864,287
28915,8594,466
29316,0294,602
29616,2224,708
30416,3644,818
31116,5364,918
31916,7005,023
31916,8645,132
31816,9995,246
31917,1895,364
32117,3785,486
32417,5455,613
32717,7205,744
33117,9045,879
33518,0996,019
34318,3506,163
35318,6816,312
36119,0356,461
36619,3856,611
37219,6046,761
38019,7156,910

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.