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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	21,889	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.

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

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.

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