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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	Oman	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	2,348	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	2,403	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	2,457	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	2,510	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	2,562	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	2,613	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	2,663	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	2,713	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	2,764	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	2,816	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	2,871	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	2,928	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	2,986	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	3,047	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	3,110	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	3,174	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	3,240	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	3,307	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	3,375	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	3,444	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	3,512	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	3,582	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	3,651	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	3,696	1,456

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, Oman, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.