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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	Comoros	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	531	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	545	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	559	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	574	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	590	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	606	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	623	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	640	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	657	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	674	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	690	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	706	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	722	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	737	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	752	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	767	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	781	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	795	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	808	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	821	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	837	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	853	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	869	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	885	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 Comoros, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.