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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	1,883

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.