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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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