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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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