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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 Trinidad & TobagoBurkina FasoNorway
1,30111,0754,463
1,30311,4054,492
1,30811,8284,515
1,31412,3804,539
1,32012,8294,566
1,32613,1784,593
1,33213,5404,624
1,33813,9174,662
1,34414,3094,710
1,35214,7224,769
1,35915,1524,830
1,36515,6004,890
1,37216,0644,954
1,37916,5635,020
1,38617,0725,081
1,39217,5755,138
1,39918,0945,191
1,40518,6215,237
1,41119,1575,278
1,43619,6985,313
1,45220,2425,349
1,44820,7885,380
1,45021,3365,409
1,45621,8895,458

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Trinidad & Tobago, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.