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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	Sudan	Iceland	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	26,168	277	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	26,771	281	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	27,387	285	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	28,017	288	155
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	28,662	289	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	29,321	293	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	29,996	296	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	30,686	304	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	31,393	311	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	32,137	319	160
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	33,078	319	160
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	33,891	318	161
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	34,568	319	162
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	35,293	321	162
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	36,093	324	163
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	37,058	327	163
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	38,165	331	164
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	39,294	335	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	40,512	343	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	41,764	353	166
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	42,952	361	166
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	44,121	366	167
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	45,290	372	167
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	46,498	380	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.

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