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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Armenia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	11,075	2,970
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	11,405	2,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	11,828	2,965
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	12,380	2,962
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	12,829	2,955
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	13,178	2,953
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	13,540	2,951
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	13,917	2,948
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	14,309	2,946
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	14,722	2,943
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	15,152	2,941
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	15,600	2,939
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	16,064	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	16,563	2,934
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	17,072	2,932
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	17,575	2,928
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	18,094	2,924
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	18,621	2,919
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,157	2,913
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,698	2,907
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	20,242	2,899
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	20,788	2,891
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	21,336	2,881
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	21,889	2,871

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