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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	Hungary	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,244	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,218	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,194	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,165	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,136	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,114	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,094	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,078	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,062	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,045	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,029	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,007	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,978	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,927	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,900	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,873	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,850	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,821	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,794	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,782	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,778	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,757	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,716	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,690	21,889	7,666

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.

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

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