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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,039	11,075	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,059	11,405	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,090	11,828	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,130	12,380	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,166	12,829	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,217	13,178	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	8,274	13,540	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,317	13,917	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,344	14,309	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,370	14,722	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,390	15,152	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,410	15,600	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	16,064	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,476	16,563	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,527	17,072	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,594	17,575	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,680	18,094	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,791	18,621	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,847	19,157	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,890	19,698	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,930	20,242	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,969	20,788	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,004	21,336	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,107	21,889	2,048

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;

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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