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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	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	2,124

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.

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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.

Slovenia

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

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