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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	21,889	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.