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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	Malta	Albania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	3,085	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	3,065	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	3,047	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	3,038	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	3,026	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	3,014	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	2,998	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	2,979	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	2,957	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	2,934	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	2,915	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	2,900	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	2,892	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	2,888	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	2,882	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	2,876	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	2,868	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	2,863	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	2,861	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	2,854	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	2,842	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	2,825	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	2,799	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	2,787	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.

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 Malta, Albania, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.