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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 IcelandSeychellesBurkina Faso
2777811,075
2817911,405
2858011,828
2888112,380
2898212,829
2938313,178
2968413,540
3048513,917
3118614,309
3198714,722
3198715,152
3188815,600
3198916,064
3219016,563
3249117,072
3279217,575
3319218,094
3359318,621
3439419,157
3539519,698
3619620,242
3669720,788
3729821,336
3809821,889

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