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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 IcelandSão Tomé & PríncipeBurkina FasoMoldova
27713811,0754,244
28114111,4054,199
28514411,8284,154
28814712,3804,108
28915112,8294,059
29315413,1784,013
29615813,5403,966
30416113,9173,919
31116514,3093,873
31916814,7223,829
31917215,1523,788
31817615,6003,748
31918016,0643,709
32118316,5633,671
32418717,0723,633
32719017,5753,595
33119418,0943,558
33519818,6213,522
34320119,1573,485
35320419,6983,448
36120820,2423,412
36621220,7883,376
37221621,3363,339
38022021,8893,570

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.