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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,348	623
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,403	623
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,457	623
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,510	622
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,562	621
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,613	621
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,663	621
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,713	620
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,764	620
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,816	621
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,871	622
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,928	623
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,986	622
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	3,047	622
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	3,110	622
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	3,174	621
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	3,240	620
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	3,307	618
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	3,375	616
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	3,444	614
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	3,512	613
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	3,582	612
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	3,651	611
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	3,696	610

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.

Montenegro

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

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