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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 IcelandComorosSudan
27753126,168
28154526,771
28555927,387
28857428,017
28959028,662
29360629,321
29662329,996
30464030,686
31165731,393
31967432,137
31969033,078
31870633,891
31972234,568
32173735,293
32475236,093
32776737,058
33178138,165
33579539,294
34380840,512
35382141,764
36183742,952
36685344,121
37286945,290
38088546,498

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.

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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 Comoros, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.