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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	Albania	Burkina Faso	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	11,075	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	11,405	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	11,828	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	12,380	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	12,829	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	13,178	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	13,540	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	13,917	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	14,309	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	14,722	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	15,152	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	15,600	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	16,064	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	16,563	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	17,072	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	17,575	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	18,094	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	18,621	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	19,157	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	19,698	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	20,242	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	20,788	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	21,336	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	21,889	273,409

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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

No separate list is published for Albania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.