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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	21,889	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.