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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 IcelandSudanBurkina FasoSeychelles
27726,16811,07578
28126,77111,40579
28527,38711,82880
28828,01712,38081
28928,66212,82982
29329,32113,17883
29629,99613,54084
30430,68613,91785
31131,39314,30986
31932,13714,72287
31933,07815,15287
31833,89115,60088
31934,56816,06489
32135,29316,56390
32436,09317,07291
32737,05817,57592
33138,16518,09492
33539,29418,62193
34340,51219,15794
35341,76419,69895
36142,95220,24296
36644,12120,78897
37245,29021,33698
38046,49821,88998

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.

All data sources

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