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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,348	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,403	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,457	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,510	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,562	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,613	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,663	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,713	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,764	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,816	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,871	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,928	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,986	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	3,047	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	3,110	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	3,174	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	3,240	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	3,307	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	3,375	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	3,444	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	3,512	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	3,582	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	3,651	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	3,696	30,279

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, Oman, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.