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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	Liberia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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