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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	Palestinian Territories	Burkina Faso	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	21,889	1,330

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 Palestinian Territories, Burkina Faso, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.