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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 SeychellesBurkina FasoIceland
7811,075277
7911,405281
8011,828285
8112,380288
8212,829289
8313,178293
8413,540296
8513,917304
8614,309311
8714,722319
8715,152319
8815,600318
8916,064319
9016,563321
9117,072324
9217,575327
9218,094331
9318,621335
9419,157343
9519,698353
9620,242361
9720,788366
9821,336372
9821,889380

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.