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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	Portugal	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,144	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,215	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,344	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,383	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,408	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,427	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,446	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,467	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,482	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,492	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,497	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,481	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,439	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,382	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,326	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,283	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	10,251	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,226	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,209	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,212	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,223	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,214	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,200	21,889	7,666

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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