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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	Indonesia	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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