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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	11,075	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	11,405	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	11,828	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	12,380	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	12,829	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	13,178	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	13,540	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	13,917	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	14,309	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	14,722	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	15,152	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	15,600	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	16,064	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	16,563	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	17,072	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	17,575	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	18,094	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	18,621	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	19,157	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	19,698	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	20,242	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	20,788	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	21,336	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	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.

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.