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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	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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