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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	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	11,075	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	11,405	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	11,828	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	12,380	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	12,829	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	13,178	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	13,540	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	13,917	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	14,309	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	14,722	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	15,152	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	15,600	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	16,064	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	16,563	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	17,072	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	17,575	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	18,094	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	18,621	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	19,157	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	19,698	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	20,242	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	20,788	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	21,336	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	21,889	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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