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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	21,889	167

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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