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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Equatorial Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	478
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	491
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	506
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	521
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	536
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	551
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	567
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	583
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	600
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	616
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	633
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	651
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	668
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	686
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	704
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	722
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	741
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	759
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	778
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	797
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	825
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	847
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	868
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	889

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, Equatorial Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.