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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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