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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	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	17,288	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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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