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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	11,075	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	11,405	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	11,828	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	12,380	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	12,829	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	13,178	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	13,540	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	13,917	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	14,309	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	14,722	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	15,152	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	15,600	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	16,064	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	16,563	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	17,072	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	17,575	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	18,094	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	18,621	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	19,157	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	19,698	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	20,242	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	20,788	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	21,336	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	21,889	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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