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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	3,085	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,065	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	3,047	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	3,038	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	3,026	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,014	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,998	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,979	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,957	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,934	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,915	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,900	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,892	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	2,888	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	2,882	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	2,876	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	2,868	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	2,863	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	2,861	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	2,854	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	2,842	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	2,825	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	2,799	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	2,787	28,237

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.

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