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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	Cambodia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	21,889

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.

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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.

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