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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	Mali	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	21,889	2,559

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 Mali, Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.