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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 IcelandSeychellesGuinea
277787,610
281797,780
285807,821
288817,906
289828,121
293838,317
296848,478
304858,650
311868,860
319879,091
319879,327
318889,571
319899,825
3219010,084
3249110,351
3279210,632
3319210,924
3359311,225
3439411,534
3539511,855
3619612,160
3669712,469
3729812,778
3809813,087

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.

No separate list is published for Seychelles, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.