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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	29,417

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.

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