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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	26,168	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	26,771	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	27,387	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	28,017	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	28,662	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	29,321	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	29,996	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	30,686	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	31,393	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	32,137	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	33,078	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	33,891	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	34,568	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	35,293	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	36,093	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	37,058	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	38,165	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	39,294	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	40,512	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	41,764	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	42,952	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	44,121	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	45,290	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	46,498	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, Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.