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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	31,845

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