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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	21,889	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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