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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	Luxembourg	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	21,889	3,570

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 Luxembourg, Burkina Faso, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.