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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 IcelandDominicaBurkina Faso
2777011,075
2817111,405
2857111,828
2887212,380
2897212,829
2937213,178
2967213,540
3047213,917
3117214,309
3197314,722
3197315,152
3187315,600
3197316,064
3217316,563
3247317,072
3277317,575
3317418,094
3357418,621
3437419,157
3537419,698
3617520,242
3667520,788
3727621,336
3807621,889

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.