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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	51,181	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	52,782	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	54,453	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	56,170	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	57,860	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	59,599	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	61,474	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	63,479	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	65,590	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	67,800	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	70,114	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	75,138	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	77,792	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	80,534	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	83,368	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	86,229	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	89,193	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	92,209	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	95,232	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	98,320	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	101,499	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	104,767	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	108,171	590

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.