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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	France	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	60,396	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,811	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	61,255	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,703	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	62,141	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,600	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	63,073	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,513	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,906	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,264	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,594	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	64,913	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,231	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,552	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	65,891	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,212	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,480	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	66,730	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,015	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,347	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,660	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	67,901	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,114	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,387	21,889	108,171

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.

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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