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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	11,075	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	11,405	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	11,828	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	12,380	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	12,829	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	13,178	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	13,540	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	13,917	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	14,309	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	14,722	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	15,152	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	15,600	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	16,064	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	16,563	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	17,072	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	17,575	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	18,094	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	18,621	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,157	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,698	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	20,242	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	20,788	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	21,336	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	21,889	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.