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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 FasoRussia
2777011,075147,218
2817111,405146,600
2857111,828145,980
2887212,380145,310
2897212,829144,652
2937213,178144,071
2967213,540143,522
3047213,917143,053
3117214,309142,809
3197314,722142,746
3197315,152142,789
3187315,600142,853
3197316,064142,964
3217316,563143,205
3247317,072143,510
3277317,575146,094
3317418,094146,410
3357418,621146,678
3437419,157146,846
3537419,698146,834
3617520,242146,768
3667520,788146,463
3727621,336145,849
3807621,889146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Dominica, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.