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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	11,075	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	11,405	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	11,828	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	12,380	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	12,829	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	13,178	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	13,540	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	13,917	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	14,309	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	14,722	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	15,152	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	15,600	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	16,064	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	16,563	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	17,072	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	17,575	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	18,094	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	18,621	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	19,157	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	19,698	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	20,242	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	20,788	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	21,336	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	21,889	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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