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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	18,348

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