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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	Uganda	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	21,889	2,559

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.