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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	11,075	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	11,405	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	11,828	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	12,380	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	12,829	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	13,178	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	13,540	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	13,917	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	14,309	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	14,722	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	15,152	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	15,600	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	16,064	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	16,563	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	17,072	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	17,575	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	18,094	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	18,621	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	19,157	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	19,698	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	20,242	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	20,788	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	21,336	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	21,889	34,081

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 Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.