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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	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	277	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	281	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	285	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	288	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	289	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	293	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	296	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	304	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	311	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	319	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	319	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	318	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	319	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	321	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	324	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	327	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	331	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	335	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	343	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	353	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	361	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	366	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	372	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	380	19,266	167

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.