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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	16,514

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