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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	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	11,075	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	11,405	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	11,828	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	12,380	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	12,829	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	13,178	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	13,540	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	13,917	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	14,309	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	14,722	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	15,152	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	15,600	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	16,064	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	16,563	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	17,072	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	17,575	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	18,094	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	18,621	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	19,157	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	19,698	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	20,242	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	20,788	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	21,336	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	21,889	55,924

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.

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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