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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	19,512

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.

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