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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	Saudi Arabia	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	21,889	108,171

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.

Saudi Arabia

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.