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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	St. Lucia	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	21,889	3,228

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 St. Lucia, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.