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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandSeychellesBurkina FasoParaguay
2777811,0755,366
2817911,4055,473
2858011,8285,579
2888112,3805,683
2898212,8295,786
2938313,1785,886
2968413,5405,984
3048513,9176,080
3118614,3096,173
3198714,7226,264
3198715,1526,352
3188815,6006,438
3198916,0646,522
3219016,5636,605
3249117,0726,688
3279217,5756,769
3319218,0946,850
3359318,6216,930
3439419,1577,012
3539519,6987,095
3619620,2427,179
3669720,7887,263
3729821,3367,348
3809821,8897,432

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.