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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	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	11,075	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	11,405	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	11,828	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	12,380	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	12,829	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	13,178	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	13,540	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	13,917	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	14,309	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	14,722	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	15,152	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	15,600	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	16,064	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	16,563	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	17,072	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	17,575	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	18,094	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	18,621	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,157	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,698	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	20,242	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	20,788	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	21,336	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	21,889	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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