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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	Austria	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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