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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	Dominica	Iceland	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	433	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	438	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	443	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	448	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	454	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	460	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	467	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	474	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	482	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	491	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	500	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	509	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	521	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	533	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	547	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	560	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	571	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	586	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	599	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	610	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	623	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	633	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	643	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	651	21,889

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 Dominica, Luxembourg, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.