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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	Japan	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	126,512	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	126,755	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	127,056	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	127,324	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	127,558	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	127,658	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	127,679	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	127,762	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	127,904	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	127,969	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	127,958	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	127,967	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	127,755	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	127,476	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	127,257	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	127,186	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	127,034	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	126,857	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	126,631	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	126,368	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	126,092	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	125,634	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	125,427	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	124,762	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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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