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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	Germany	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	11,075	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	11,405	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	11,828	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	12,380	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	12,829	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	13,178	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	13,540	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	13,917	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	14,309	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	14,722	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	15,152	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	15,600	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	16,064	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	16,563	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	17,072	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	17,575	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	18,094	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	18,621	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	19,157	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	19,698	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	20,242	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	20,788	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	21,336	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	21,889	18,494

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.