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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	Uzbekistan	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	277	24,701	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	281	25,042	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	285	25,372	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,696	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,992	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	293	26,268	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,540	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,812	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,081	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,347	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	319	27,609	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,869	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	319	28,132	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,398	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	324	28,666	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,934	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,205	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,480	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,756	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	353	30,031	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,305	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,576	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	372	30,843	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,337	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.

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