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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	2,787	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.