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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	34,280

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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