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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	11,075	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	11,405	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	11,828	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	12,380	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	12,829	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	13,178	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	13,540	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	13,917	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	14,309	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	14,722	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	15,152	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	15,600	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	16,064	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	16,563	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	17,072	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	17,575	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	18,094	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	18,621	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	19,157	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	19,698	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	20,242	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	20,788	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	21,336	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	21,889	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.