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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	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	68,457	167

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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