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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	3,085	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,065	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	3,047	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	3,038	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	3,026	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,014	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,998	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,979	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,957	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,934	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,915	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,900	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,892	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	2,888	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	2,882	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	2,876	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	2,868	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	2,863	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	2,861	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	2,854	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	2,842	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	2,825	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	2,799	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	2,787	223,735

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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