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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	North Macedonia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,006	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,017	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,026	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,011	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,018	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,024	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,028	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,031	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,038	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,042	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,046	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,049	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	2,052	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	2,055	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	2,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	2,061	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	2,063	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	2,065	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	2,067	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	2,068	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	2,065	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	2,057	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	2,048	530

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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