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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 IcelandLuxembourgBurkina Faso
27743311,075
28143811,405
28544311,828
28844812,380
28945412,829
29346013,178
29646713,540
30447413,917
31148214,309
31949114,722
31950015,152
31850915,600
31952116,064
32153316,563
32454717,072
32756017,575
33157118,094
33558618,621
34359919,157
35361019,698
36162320,242
36663320,788
37264321,336
38065121,889

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