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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 IcelandDominicaBurkina FasoParaguay
2777011,0755,366
2817111,4055,473
2857111,8285,579
2887212,3805,683
2897212,8295,786
2937213,1785,886
2967213,5405,984
3047213,9176,080
3117214,3096,173
3197314,7226,264
3197315,1526,352
3187315,6006,438
3197316,0646,522
3217316,5636,605
3247317,0726,688
3277317,5756,769
3317418,0946,850
3357418,6216,930
3437419,1577,012
3537419,6987,095
3617520,2427,179
3667520,7887,263
3727621,3367,348
3807621,8897,432

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