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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	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	108,171	651

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.