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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	Oman	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,348	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,403	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,457	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,510	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,562	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,613	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,663	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,713	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,764	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,816	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,871	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,928	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,986	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	3,047	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	3,110	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	3,174	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	3,240	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	3,307	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	3,375	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	3,444	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	3,512	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	3,582	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	3,651	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	3,696	6,720

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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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