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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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