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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	21,889	3,570

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