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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,348	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,403	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,457	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,510	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,562	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,613	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,663	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,713	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,764	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,816	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,871	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,928	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,986	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	3,047	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	3,110	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	3,174	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	3,240	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	3,307	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	3,375	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	3,444	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	3,512	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	3,582	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	3,651	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	3,696	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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