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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	21,889	7,387

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.