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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	Laos	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	7,666	167

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.

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