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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	Niger	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,424	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,785	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,170	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,580	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,015	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	293	12,472	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	296	12,954	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,459	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,986	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,532	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,092	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,669	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,263	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,903	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,569	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	327	18,242	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,957	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,708	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	343	20,462	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	353	21,228	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	361	22,023	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	366	22,842	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,691	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	380	24,587	21,889	2,787

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