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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	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	12,795

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.

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