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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	11,075	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	11,405	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	11,828	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	12,380	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	12,829	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	13,178	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	13,540	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	13,917	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	14,309	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	14,722	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	15,152	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	15,600	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	16,064	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	16,563	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	17,072	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	17,575	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	18,094	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	18,621	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,157	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,698	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	20,242	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	20,788	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	21,336	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	21,889	10,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.