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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	Central African Republic	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	3,889	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	3,980	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	4,054	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	4,128	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	4,215	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	4,289	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	4,363	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	4,449	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	4,544	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	4,641	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	4,742	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	4,845	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	4,950	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	5,057	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	5,167	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	5,278	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	5,392	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	5,507	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	5,625	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	5,745	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	5,874	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	6,025	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	6,154	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	6,291	21,889

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, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.