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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	Spain	Burkina Faso	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	21,889	46,498

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.

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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