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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	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	124,762

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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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