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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 IcelandDominicaYemenBurkina Faso
2777016,72811,075
2817117,23611,405
2857117,76211,828
2887218,31012,380
2897218,85512,829
2937219,41013,178
2967220,00013,540
3047220,61113,917
3117221,23614,309
3197321,87814,722
3197322,53315,152
3187323,19515,600
3197323,88016,064
3217324,59416,563
3247325,31117,072
3277326,02017,575
3317426,69818,094
3357427,34718,621
3437427,98519,157
3537428,60819,698
3617529,21620,242
3667529,81120,788
3727630,39921,336
3807631,05821,889

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