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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	Denmark	Burkina Faso	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	11,075	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	11,405	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	11,828	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	12,380	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	12,829	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	13,178	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	13,540	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	13,917	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	14,309	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	14,722	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	15,152	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	15,600	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	16,064	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	16,563	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	17,072	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	17,575	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	18,094	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	18,621	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	19,157	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	19,698	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	20,242	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	20,788	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	21,336	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	21,889	3,333

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.

No separate list is published for Denmark, Burkina Faso, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.