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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Estonia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	1,378	277
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	1,400	281
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	1,391	285
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	1,382	288
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	1,374	289
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	1,365	293
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	1,357	296
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	1,349	304
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	1,341	311
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	1,337	319
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	1,334	319
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	1,332	318
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	1,328	319
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	1,324	321
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	1,319	324
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	1,314	327
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	1,312	331
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	1,314	335
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	1,314	343
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	1,318	353
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	1,323	361
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	1,327	366
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	1,329	372
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	1,330	380

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