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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 IcelandGuineaNorway
2777,6104,463
2817,7804,492
2857,8214,515
2887,9064,539
2898,1214,566
2938,3174,593
2968,4784,624
3048,6504,662
3118,8604,710
3199,0914,769
3199,3274,830
3189,5714,890
3199,8254,954
32110,0845,020
32410,3515,081
32710,6325,138
33110,9245,191
33511,2255,237
34311,5345,278
35311,8555,313
36112,1605,349
36612,4695,380
37212,7785,409
38013,0875,458

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.

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.