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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	Germany	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	81,439	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	81,474	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	81,534	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	81,595	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	81,566	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	81,473	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	81,354	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	81,190	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	81,009	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	80,781	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	80,500	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	80,301	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	80,292	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	80,443	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	80,663	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	81,000	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	81,704	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	82,366	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	82,674	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	82,923	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	83,110	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	83,178	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	83,213	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	83,811	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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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