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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	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	6,291	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.

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