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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	Estonia	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	10,099

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 Estonia, Burkina Faso, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.