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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	Germany	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	21,889	108,171

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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