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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	Luxembourg	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	433	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	438	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	443	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	448	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	454	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	460	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	467	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	474	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	482	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	491	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	500	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	509	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	521	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	533	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	547	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	560	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	571	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	586	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	599	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	610	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	623	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	633	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	643	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	651	2,787

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, Luxembourg, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.