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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	Israel	Burkina Faso	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,927	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,088	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,236	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,366	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,484	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,603	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,723	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,846	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,972	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,100	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,226	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,360	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,498	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,637	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,781	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,931	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,091	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,251	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,412	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,576	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,742	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,899	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,047	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,188	21,889	5,907

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.

Israel

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

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