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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	21,889	6,291

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 Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.