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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	Laos	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	13,439

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.

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