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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	5,286	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	5,397	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	5,499	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	5,578	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	5,654	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	5,746	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	5,836	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	5,931	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	6,035	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	6,145	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	6,257	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	6,368	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	6,477	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	6,586	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	6,695	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	6,804	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	6,912	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	7,019	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	7,127	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	7,234	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	7,343	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	7,452	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	7,560	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	7,666	21,889

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.

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