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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	31,058	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.

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