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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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