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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	Central African Republic	Burkina Faso	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	11,075	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	11,405	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	11,828	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	12,380	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	12,829	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	13,178	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	13,540	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	13,917	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	14,309	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	14,722	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	15,152	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	15,600	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	16,563	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	17,072	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	17,575	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	18,094	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	18,621	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	19,157	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	19,698	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	20,242	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	20,788	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	21,336	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	21,889	9,107

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Central African Republic, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.