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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	Palestinian Territories	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	2,996	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,075	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	3,155	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	3,235	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	3,315	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,396	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	3,478	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	3,559	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	3,642	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	3,727	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	3,817	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	3,907	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	3,997	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	4,088	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	4,178	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	4,269	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	4,359	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	4,451	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	4,533	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	4,615	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	4,715	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	4,820	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	4,930	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	5,042	651

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, Palestinian Territories, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.