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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	7,258	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	7,296	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	7,332	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	7,384	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	7,438	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	7,488	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	7,532	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	7,579	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	7,647	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	7,738	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	7,825	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	7,884	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	7,959	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	8,044	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	8,137	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	8,237	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	8,332	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	8,423	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	8,502	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	8,565	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	8,626	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	8,689	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	8,756	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	8,834	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.