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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	21,889	530

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