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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	21,889

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.

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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 Hong Kong SAR China, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.