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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 IcelandNorwayGuinea
2774,4637,610
2814,4927,780
2854,5157,821
2884,5397,906
2894,5668,121
2934,5938,317
2964,6248,478
3044,6628,650
3114,7108,860
3194,7699,091
3194,8309,327
3184,8909,571
3194,9549,825
3215,02010,084
3245,08110,351
3275,13810,632
3315,19110,924
3355,23711,225
3435,27811,534
3535,31311,855
3615,34912,160
3665,38012,469
3725,40912,778
3805,45813,087

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.