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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	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	11,075	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	11,405	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	11,828	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	12,380	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	12,829	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	13,178	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	13,540	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	13,917	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	14,309	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	14,722	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	15,152	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	15,600	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	16,064	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	16,563	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	17,072	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	17,575	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	18,094	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	18,621	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	19,157	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	19,698	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	20,242	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	20,788	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	21,336	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	21,889	8,834

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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