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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	Switzerland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	7,258	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	7,296	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	7,332	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	7,384	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	7,438	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	7,488	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	7,532	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	7,579	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	7,647	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	7,738	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	7,825	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	7,884	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	7,959	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	8,044	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	8,137	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	8,237	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	8,332	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	8,423	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	8,502	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	8,565	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	8,626	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	8,689	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	8,756	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	8,834	651

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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