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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	11,075	78
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	11,405	79
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	11,828	80
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	12,380	81
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	12,829	82
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	13,178	83
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	13,540	84
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	13,917	85
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	14,309	86
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	14,722	87
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	15,152	87
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	15,600	88
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	16,064	89
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	16,563	90
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	17,072	91
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	17,575	92
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	18,094	92
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	18,621	93
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	19,157	94
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	19,698	95
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	20,242	96
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	20,788	97
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	21,336	98
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	21,889	98

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