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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	Moldova	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	21,889	6,910

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