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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	11,075	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	11,405	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	11,828	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	12,380	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	12,829	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	13,178	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	13,540	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	13,917	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	14,309	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	14,722	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	15,152	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	15,600	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	16,064	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	16,563	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	17,072	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	17,575	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	18,094	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	18,621	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,157	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,698	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	20,242	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	20,788	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	21,336	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	21,889	17,307

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, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.