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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 FasoSudan
2777011,07526,168
2817111,40526,771
2857111,82827,387
2887212,38028,017
2897212,82928,662
2937213,17829,321
2967213,54029,996
3047213,91730,686
3117214,30931,393
3197314,72232,137
3197315,15233,078
3187315,60033,891
3197316,06434,568
3217316,56335,293
3247317,07236,093
3277317,57537,058
3317418,09438,165
3357418,62139,294
3437419,15740,512
3537419,69841,764
3617520,24242,952
3667520,78844,121
3727621,33645,290
3807621,88946,498

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.

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