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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	Mozambique	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	16,522	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	16,841	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	17,176	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	17,525	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	17,889	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	18,264	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	18,652	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	19,059	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	19,480	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	19,928	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,418	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,950	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,535	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,150	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,768	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	23,393	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	24,023	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	24,660	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	25,318	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	25,998	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	26,694	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	27,401	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	28,121	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	28,903	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.

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