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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	Austria	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	8,039	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	8,059	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	8,090	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	8,130	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	8,166	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	8,217	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	8,274	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	8,317	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	8,344	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	8,370	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	8,390	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	8,410	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	8,438	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	8,476	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	8,527	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	8,594	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	8,680	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	8,791	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	8,847	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	8,890	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	8,930	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	8,969	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	9,004	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	9,107	530

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;

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