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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	Switzerland	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	21,889	6,291

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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