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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	Chile	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	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.

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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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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; the database as a whole is cited above.