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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	Italy	Burkina Faso	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	11,075	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	11,405	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	11,828	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	12,380	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	12,829	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	13,178	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	13,540	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	13,917	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	14,309	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	14,722	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	15,152	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	15,600	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	16,064	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	16,563	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	17,072	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	17,575	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	18,094	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	18,621	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	19,157	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	19,698	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	20,242	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	20,788	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	21,336	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	21,889	8,834

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

Switzerland

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
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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