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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	60,396	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	60,811	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	61,255	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	61,703	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	62,141	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	62,600	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	63,073	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,513	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	63,906	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	64,264	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	64,594	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	64,913	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	65,231	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	65,552	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	65,891	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	66,212	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	66,480	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	66,730	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	67,015	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	67,347	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	67,660	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	67,901	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	68,114	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	68,387	21,889	3,570

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